Jobe Bellingham Finding His Feet as Dortmund Head to City
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jobe Bellingham is gradually making his mark after a slow start ahead of his return to England to face Manchester City on Wednesday.
Jobe joined Dortmund in the summer aged 19 for a reported fee of 30.5 million euros ($35 million) from Sunderland, among the most expensive transfers in Dortmund’s history.
Jobe followed in the footsteps of his brother Jude, who moved to the Westfalenstadion five years earlier, aged 17, said AFP.
Jude became one of the most sought-after players at Dortmund and is now a true superstar after moving to Real Madrid in 2023.
While Jobe has returned to England to play for the under-21s side he captains, Wednesday’s match will be his first on English soil for his new club.
Like City, Dortmund sit in the top eight, having won two and drawn one of their three Champions League games so far.
‘Anxieties’
The younger Bellingham understood a move to Dortmund would provoke comparisons with Jude, but felt the club offered the best place for him to develop.
Like he did at Sunderland, the younger Bellingham has ‘Jobe’ on his jersey rather than his last name, due to his famous brother.
On arriving in Dortmund, Jobe admitted in pre-season comparisons with his older brother were on his mind.
“It’s something you do think about. You have these anxieties, especially me as I’m only young,” he told reporters, adding “I’m not perfect. I do think about these things.”
