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| Jude Bellingham |
Manchester United missed out on the signing of Jude Bellingham from Birmingham City.
The teenage star was pursued by the Red Devils, even being given a tour of their Carrington training ground and meeting with Sir Alex Ferguson.
But Bellingham opted to head to the Bundesliga and follow in Jadon Sancho’s footsteps by joining Borussia Dortmund to further his development.
ESPN have now claimed that United missed out on Bellingham after they refused to match his £56,000-a-week wage offer from Dortmund.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was reportedly ready to throw Bellingham straight into his first-team squad.
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| Ole with the Glazer family |
But club owners the Glazer family and executive vice-chairman Woodward were unwilling to sanction the deal.
They did not feel comfortable shelling out almost £3million a year in wages on a player with just one year of senior football under his belt.
As a result, they decided against matching Dortmund’s offer and he headed to Germany.
The deal could rise to £22.75million if future clauses and add-ons are met.
Bellingham is already in training at his new club as they started pre-season this week.
After his move, the 17-year-old said: “I chose Borussia Dortmund because it is the perfect step for my development. I am just glad that saga is over.
“It was a lot of annoyance to me and there was a lot of noise around at the time when all I wanted to do was play for Birmingham City.
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