Overview

• Signed from Sunderland for about €30 million on a long-term deal, Bellingham was Dortmund’s marquee summer addition.
• Bellingham has started two of five competitive matches and logged 186 minutes in total across the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League.
• Kovac says the midfielder must grow into the team and notes heavy competition in his preferred double pivot, with Marcel Sabitzer, Felix Nmecha, Pascal Groß and Salih Özcan in the mix.
• After leaving him out of the Juventus starting XI, Kovac added that “he lacks nothing,” and Kehl suggested the lineup could change for Wolfsburg depending on form and freshness.
• Hans‑Joachim Watzke personally helped secure the transfer while addressing the player’s concerns about comparisons to Jude, and Kehl reiterated access rules following a tunnel confrontation by Bellingham’s father.