Overview
- Spanish reports relayed by Football365 and Yahoo Sports say Jude Bellingham has an agreement in principle to join Manchester United only if Jurgen Klopp takes the Real Madrid job.
- Further reporting claims Klopp told Real Madrid he wants Bellingham and Dani Carvajal sold as part of a squad reset that could raise around €150m for signings.
- Transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano says figures at Real Madrid admire Klopp but adds that talks are not advanced and depend on Klopp choosing to return to coaching.
- Klopp’s agent, Marc Kosicke, said the coach previously turned down approaches from Manchester United and Chelsea after leaving Liverpool.
- Bellingham has publicly rejected earlier stories of dressing-room discord under Xabi Alonso, calling such reports misinformation.