There are two reasons why Borussia Dortmund appear unwilling to part company with rumoured Liverpool target Jude Bellingham this summer.
The first is a rather simple one. Having already sold Erling Haaland to Man City after the reigning Premier League champions met his £51m release clause, the Bundesliga outfit don’t want to sanction the departure of two key players in the same summer.
Having banked that £51m, they are under no pressure to sell anyone else after all, and it was the same logic that prevented Haaland from being allowed to follow Jadon Sancho out the exit door in the summer of 2020. With Dortmund getting an extra season out of the Norwegian, they will now look to do the same with the England international.
