Jobe Bellingham is only a week at BVB. The expectations of him are high from the start. Can he be the salvation bearer?
The announcement by BVB coach Niko Kovač was clear: “I immediately expect it to work from day one.” The words were directed to a 19-year-old player who has only been in the club for a good week. His name: Bellingham. Jobe Bellingham.
For around 30 million euros, the little brother of ex-BVB star Jude Bellingham from the English Premier League promoter AFC Sunderland to Borussia-and can probably prove himself to the club World Cup against Fluminense Rio de Janeiro at the starting eleven. To avoid saying: he has to. “He does not go with him to look at America,” said coach Kovač as usual.
In view of the success of his brother, Jobe Bellingham also has great footsteps without the pithy announcement of his coach. It is supposed to give BVB a new momentum after two disappointing Bundesliga seasons. The club World Cup would also be financially the right starting point.
The BVB can import a high double-digit million amount at the club World Cup. In the group phase with the opponents Fluminense, Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) and HD Ulsan, the black and yellow are definitely favorite.
But in order to get the big money rinsed into the cash register, Dortmund will have to win against absolute top teams sooner or later. However, this should largely succeed with the squad, which in the past two Bundesliga seasons and was just fifth and fourth with fourth place.
There are new faces at BVB, apart from Bellingham, none. On the contrary: With the captains Emre Can and Nico Schlotterbeck, two load -bearing pillars of the past seasons fail. This creates the situation that with Jule Brandt one of the faces of the failure of the past few years now leads the team into the club World Cup as a captain. In addition, the curious situation could arise that Carney Chukwuemeka, who is only loaned by Chelsea FC, has to leave the club in the middle of the tournament after June 30th.
Nevertheless, the goals are put up: “We want to survive the group phase and then see how far the tournament can wear,” said sports director Sebastian Kehl. Replacement captain Brandt said: “You have to go there to want to win.”
From the beginning, the focus will be all the more on Jobe Bellingham. The young Englishman is obviously already believed to be able to cope with the pressure that is accompanied by this. “He is an absolute personality. Even at that age. He is very clear,” said Kehl about Bellingham. Kovač analyzed: “He is certainly not finished at the age of 19, but he is someone who has a lot. A boy we are very, very much looking forward to.”
If Bellingham actually stands up for the pressure and reaches an appealing result with the BVB, he then gives his club the financial possibilities to have further transfers follow – and thus give himself greater chances of success. It would be an important step of the hype about his commitment to the actual salvation in Dortmund.