Barça and Madrid would have discarded Jude Bellingham in 2019

In the football, as in the same life, everything can change overnight and, in this sense, the clubs many times take decisions precipitated, hit some and wrong other so many, to the moment of fichar young players. According to Andrés Manzano, maximum shareholder, general and sportive director of the Cornellà, the FC Barcelona and the Real Madrid descartaron to Jude Bellingham between 2018 and 2019, when the today mediocentro of the Borussia Dortmund already shined in the inferior of the Birmingham City.

Manzano, sportive adviser of the English group in this time, recommended to the of Stourbridge to the two big of Spain, but culés and 'merengues' opted by 'happen' by a player that, before fulfilling the 15 years, already painted for 'crack'. "Bellingham Went to go out and my work also consisted in offering it to important clubs, between them were the Madrid and the Barça. Both had the opportunity to value it, but any wanted to face the investment that required in that moment. They did not bet by him", it explained the director.

Finally, the Dortmund fichó to Jude in the summer of 2020 in return of 25 million euros. Today, his value in Transfermarkt reaches the 110 'kilos' and the managerial 'negriamarilla' will not leave him go out by less than €130m. The mediocentro shined with England in the last World-wide and sum 10 goals and 6 assistances in 27 apparitions this season with the 'BVB'. With alone 19 years, is the born player before 2004 more valuable of the world.

Although the today general director of the Cornellà admits that it saw conditions above the average in the English player immediately, admits that his progression has hit him. "If I say you that it thought that it would arrive so far it would be mintiendo", said in an interview for the newspaper 'ACE'. Florentino Pérez has to the 'crack' of the Dortmund like objective number 1 for the summer, although it knows that the bidding with the Germans will not be easy.

The council of Manzano to the Birmingham that changed it everything

"Have a lot of experience in basic football and have seen to grow to players like Iniesta, Fàbregas or Hammered. I said them to the leaders that Jude went to be a case resembled they. I convinced them saying them that it was necessary to do the impossible so that it remained because it went to be player of the first team of immediate form", explained Manzano. Thanks to this, the Birmingham invoiceed more than the double of the value of the Bellingham for that then (11 'kilos'), perceiving a quite high figure for a player that recently fulfilled the 17 years.