The footsteps are huge, the transfer fee paid this summer is also: newcomer Jobe Bellingham has not yet been able to put his stamp on Borussia Dortmund’s game. If it is after a former BVB star, you have to be patient with the 19-year-old.
Andreas Möller trusts BVB newcomer Jobe Bellingham a “similar development” as his brother Jude once put at black and yellow, says the 58-year-old in the “Kicker” interview. Then the young Englishman can “become a very valuable player for Borussia”. The prerequisite for this is that the boy is given the necessary time.
Jude Bellingham, now midfield star at Real Madrid, was “an exceptional talent” that “grown” in Dortmund, Möller emphasized: “I cannot yet assess his brother so much, but I also believe that he also needs and has to get a certain period of familiarization.”
The 19-year-old midfielder switched from England second division AFC Sunderland to BVB for 30.5 million euros in summer, where he had signed a five-year contract.
Brandt? “If he finds back to old strength …”
The U21 international was already used for Borussia at the club World Cup, and promptly delivered his first two direct goal participations at the XXL tournament in the USA (one goal, a template). In the new Bundesliga season, Jobe Bellingham has not really been able to distinguish himself in three missions so far.
On the first two match days he was in the starting line -up of head coach Niko Kovac, in the recent 2-0 at 1. FC Heidenheim (Click here for the highlights on RTL+) he was substituted. Bellingham can be used flexibly in midfield, like his older brother, has already been set up on the six, eight and ten.
In the meantime, Andreas Möller is particularly responsible for the creative moments in the squad. The 29-year-old is also “incredibly variable,” said the former Champions League winner from 1997: “It would be nice if he found back to old strength. When a Julian Brandt is in top form, Borussia Dortmund brings a bit further.”