Sunderland have agreed a club-record price of round €33m (£27.8m), plus €5m (£4.2m), for Jobe Bellingham to hitch Borussia Dortmund.
The settlement additionally features a 15 per cent sell-on clause, and would be the highest switch price Sunderland have ever acquired.
Excluding add-ons, Bellingham will turn into the second-most costly signing in Borussia Dortmund’s historical past.
Bellingham, whose older brother Jude performed for the Bundesliga membership for 3 seasons, helped Sunderland safe promotion again to the Premier League via the Championship play-off last after eight years away from the highest flight.
Like his brother Jude, Jobe got here via Birmingham’s academy and spent two years within the first workforce after making his debut in 2021 aged 16.
Sunderland signed him from the Blues in the summertime of 2023.
‘Sunderland trying to signal 4 or 5 new gamers’
Newest from Sky Sports activities Information’ Keith Downie:
“Sunderland are looking to sign four or five new players this summer, with the priority being the spine of the team.
“There may be each probability they are going to break their switch document once more, having performed so already with the £20m everlasting signing of Enzo Le Charge.
“Sunderland are currently not pursuing former captain Jordan Henderson, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen later in the window depending on circumstances.”
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