Liverpool are being touted as early favourites to sign Jude Bellingham’s brother Jobe from Birmingham City.
The younger Bellingham is 16 and is seen as the next star to emerge from Birmingham’s academy set up. The attacking midfielder has made three appearances for the Championship side which included a 30 minute run-out during their final day defeat to Blackburn.
The Reds have asked to be kept informed of the youngster’s situation at Birmingham, with Premier League clubs having been put on alert, according to The Mirror.
Bellingham has been offered a scholarship by the Championship outfit but is free to sign with other clubs from next season. His club side, who finished 20th in a disappointing campaign, are fighting to keep hold of him and are rumoured to have offered him assurances over his future development.
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Liverpool will reportedly face competition from several clubs for his signature including Manchester City and Newcastle. Bellingham is seen as extremely versatile which has increased his attraction to top clubs, with the attacking midfielder able to play across the midfield and even up front, where he has featured for Birmingham’s youth teams.
If he were to sign, it would be part of Jurgen Klopp’s wider strategy to bring talented youngsters to Anfield. He would be joining a number of other young stars who the Reds have signed from Championship clubs over the past few years including Fabio Carvalho and Harvey Elliot, both from Fulham, and Kaide Gordon from Derby County.
The older Bellingham, Jude, has been heavily linked with Liverpool but this week confirmed that he would be staying put at Borussia Dortmund for at last another year.
