BREAKING: Real Madrid Confirms Signing Of Jude Bellingham From Dortmund

The six-year deal for the English international Jude Bellingham, who cost more than 100 million euros ($108 million), was announced by Real Madrid on Wednesday.

Dortmund of Germany reported that Madrid and the 19-year-old had signed a deal worth 103 million euros plus up to 30 percent of that sum in bonuses last week.

Real Madrid’s midfield is still being rebuilt with the addition of Bellingham, who will team up with youthful Frenchmen Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Tchouameni to replace aging veterans Toni Kroos and Luka Modric.

“Our clubs signs one of the biggest talents in world football, a player who comes from Borussia Dortmund and arrives at Madrid after being chosen as the best player in the Bundesliga 2022-23 season,” Madrid said.

“On top of that, he is only 19 and is already a starter for the England national team.”

Bellingham shone for Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions at the World Cup last year, with England knocked out in the quarter-finals by runners-up France.

The midfielder, who turns 20 later in June, signed for Dortmund from Birmingham in 2020 for 25 million euros, playing 132 games for the club and lifting the German Cup in 2021.

“Thank you to everyone at BVB and to the fans for everything over the past three years,” Bellingham told Dortmund’s club website.

“It was an honour to wear your shirt so often, in big and small moments. Even though I’m looking forward to my next destination, I’ll never forget the journey there. Once a Borussian, always a Borussian.”