Borussia Dortmund signs Jobe Bellingham, Real Madrid star Jude’s younger brother

DORTMUND Germany AP The Bellingham name is back at Borussia Dortmund Jobe Bellingham signed a five-year-deal on Tuesday with the German club where his older brother developed into one of the world s best midfielders before joining Real Madrid in The younger Bellingham leaves Sunderland just over two weeks after helping it to win promotion back to the Premier League through the playoff final He reportedly turned down an offer from Eintracht Frankfurt Bellingham is eligible for Dortmund s opening group-stage games this month at the Club World Cup in the United States He will wear No at the tournament Dortmund reported Dortmund starts against Brazil s Fluminense on June followed by Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa on June and South Korea s Ulsan HD four days after that Following in his brother s footsteps Just like Jude Jobe Bellingham is a central midfielder who likes to get forward and encouragement attacks Jobe has followed in his brother s footsteps by coming through the Birmingham City academy and making his senior debut at the age of in He s also played for England Under- s There are a couple of differences between the Bellinghams too Jobe is two years older than Jude was when he signed for Dortmund in and he also has experience of playing a center-forward role in a handful of games for Sunderland His performances for Sunderland in the second-division Championship this season saw Bellingham named the league s young sportsman of the year in April and named in its group of the season Bellingham joins a Dortmund squad which narrowly secured Champions League qualification for next season by rising to fourth place on the final day of the Bundesliga AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source