The likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Liverpool have all been credited with an interest in Bellingham, with the Reds and Los Blancos thought to be preparing £84m swoops for the England international.
Since that loss to St Pauli, Dortmund have played three games: a 3-2 victory over Hoffenheim, a 5-2 home defeat to Bayer Leverkusen and a 3-0 win against Union Berlin.
With Filip Helander omitted from the Europa League squad, it means manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst won’t be forced into starting Calvin Bassey at centre-back.
It’s a very difficult game to predict, mainly because Dortmund’s form has been extremely erratic. After losing to the Gers last week, Marco Rose’s team then went on to beat Borussia Monchengladbach 6-0 at the weekend, and that was even without Erling Haaland.
The Italian international’s preferred move is believed to be Juventus but the Serie A club are finding it hard to come up with the funds necessary to complete the deal.
Sources have told 90min that a sale is a lot more attractive to Dortmund if they can double the €75m they would receive for Haaland next summer.
“The talks are ongoing but at the moment I don’t believe a deal to Chelsea or Manchester City will happen this season. As far as we know, when Chelsea named Abraham and Hudson-Odoi, Dortmund have said that Abraham isn’t as good as Haaland and that they need him so he wouldn’t be part of a direct swap deal. Chelsea are not willing to pay the €175m asking price at the moment.”
Werner was signed from RB Leipzig for £47.5m last summer, but he struggled in front of goal, scoring only 12 times in all competitions. From the looks of things, manager Thomas Tuchel is open to offloading the player, despite utilising him regularly in the second half of last season.
Reports in Germany suggest that Dortmund have set an asking price for Haaland at around €175m (£150m) so Chelsea’s rumoured offer will fall £20m short.
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