western ham United are reportedly preparing to launch a formal bid to sign Sunderland star Jobe Bellingham, according to a Spanish outlet. Transfers.
After joining the Black Cats from Birmingham City last year, the 19-year-old enjoyed a promising debut campaign in the Championship last season. Now, he has started the new season brightly, helping his team finish in the top two to automatically earn promotion.
Sunderland currently sit top of the Championship with 29 points from 12 games, five points ahead of third-placed Leeds United. The young man is the younger brother of real Madrid and England star Jude Bellingham, and is a midfielder like his older brother.
Now, Transfers claims West Ham have shown interest in Bellingham after being impressed by their progress at the Stadium of Light in recent times.
Hammers manager Julen Lopetegui believes the 19-year-old has everything in his arsenal to cope with the intensity of the match. first division so the east London club are preparing to submit a £21m bid to secure his signature.
Bellingham to West Ham
After appointing Lopetegui as the new coach to replace David Moyes, West Ham were active in recent transfer window to reinforce the squad. They even signed Guido Rodríguez and Carlos Soler to reinforce the midfield.
However, the east London club had a terrible start to the season. They were even eliminated from the Carabao Cup after losing to Liverpool in the third round.
But, after taking seven points from the last four Premier League games, Lopetegui's team has moved up the table a little and the pressure on the Spanish coach's shoulder has been relieved.
West Ham would hope to continue adding reinforcements to the squad over the next few transfer windows to continue the rebuild under Lopetegui.
Bellingham is comfortable playing anywhere in the center of the park. He is comfortable with the ball at his feet, can make passes between the lines and also has the ability to contribute to some important goals.
It will be interesting to see if West Ham finally decide to take a concrete approach to signing the Sunderland star next year to strengthen the midfield department.
