Reported Manchester United target Jude Bellingham could be set to employ a strategy similar to that of Erling Haaland as he weighs up his next move.
The Borussia Dortmund midfielder is expected to be coveted by a host of top European clubs next summer, including United and cross-city rivals Manchester City. A strong series of performances for England at the upcoming World Cup would only increase his price tag as Dortmund ready themselves for a flurry of interest.
Now, it has emerged Bellingham could be about to use a similar approach to that of former teammate Haaland, who ended up joining City last summer.
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CBS journalist Ben Jacobs said: "I think Bellingham, from what I gather, will do exactly what Haaland did. He'll score who he joins dispassionately, which is really key. So, when Haaland joined Manchester City he looked at the sentiment and the fact that his father played for the football club.
"But he also created a bunch of columns, ranging from manager to teammates to training facilities to where the team was to pay packet to city and so on. And some of them were objective categories, and some of them were subjective categories.
"He scored them and he had a gut instinct, from what I understand, that Manchester City were his favourite club, but the data and all these columns from a more dispassionate, neutral sense added up. He scored all the suitors and Manchester City were top of the list, and I think Bellingham will do the same and that's going to be very important."
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich's sporting director, Hasan Salihamidzic, has said the German giants would like to keep striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting amid reported interest from United.
United were linked as a possible suitor for the ex-Stoke man, should Cristiano Ronaldo depart in January. However, Bayern appear reluctant to let the 33-year-old go easily.
GiveMeSport quote Salihamidzic as saying: "We’d love to keep him. I’ve a good relationship with his agent. We’ll meet and see if we can satisfy him. He’s a big asset for us. We are in contact and Choupo feels comfortable in Munich."
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