Birmingham City windfall details emerge as Jude Bellingham confirms dream Real Madrid transfer

Real Madrid have completed the signing of former Birmingham City youngster Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund.

The 19-year-old, who left Blues in 2020 for a fee of £25 million, has put pen to paper on a six-year contract at The Bernabeu.

Bellingham becomes the most expensive British player of all time as he has cost Madrid an initial £88 million and that could soon rise to around £113 million after add-ons.

The move follows three very successful campaigns with Dortmund, as Bellingham scored 24 goals and assisted 25 in 132 appearances.

Now, though, he’s the latest ‘Galactico’ signing at The Bernabeu and will help out his boyhood club, Birmingham, in the process.

This is due to a sell-on clause that was included in the deal that brought Bellingham to Germany.

Early reports from The Athletic suggested Birmingham would “receive what remains at least five percent” of any sum Dortmund raked in for the English international.

New claims have been made more recently, though, with The Mirror suggesting Blues are in fact due “in excess of £10 million when the transfer goes through”.

If that is indeed the case, it’ll help Blues out massively as the club have recorded tens of millions of pounds in losses over recent years.