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AGENTS’ BIDDING WAR FOR JUDE

JUDE BELLINGHAM is at the centre of a bidding war among agencies eager to sign him up, in anticipation of the england midfield player completing a £100million-plus move from Borussia dortmund to a leading Premier league club at some point over the next few years. The 18-year-old’s £25m move from Birmingham City to dortmund was executed by Pitch International, but that contract has lapsed and his day-to-day activities are being handled by his father Mark, a former police officer who was also a prolific striker at non-league level for stourbridge and sutton Coldfield. Mark Bellingham is among the most respected of the many footballing fathers currently guiding their sons’ careers and it is unclear whether he is looking to bring in outside help at this stage.

THE Premier League’s failure to sign off a new owners’ charter introducing stiff penalties for any club who seeks to leave the competition is of little concern to the 14 not involved in the defunct European Super League. They have already noticed an alteration in the balance of power in the top flight following the collapse of the project last April. There was a significant shift in the mood at the clubs’ first regular in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic in London this week. Several executives noted that the Big Six did not arrange an informal pre-meeting to agree a co-ordinated strategy, as had become customary over the last few years. With the threat of leaving to join a Super League off the table, the Big Six are no longer able to dictate Premier League policy and dominate the agenda.

NORTH LONDON DERBY

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