Jobe Bellingham has completed his big-money move to Borussia Dortmund from Sunderland in time to feature at the Club World Cup.
The Bundesliga club have confirmed the 19-year-old midfielder has signed a five-year deal after they agreed a deal with the Black Cats which it is understood could eventually amount to almost £32m.
A post on the club's X account read: "Welcome to Dortmund, Jobe! The 19-year-old England Under-21 international joins on a five-year deal and will wear number 77 at the FIFA Club World Cup."
Bellingham, who joined the Black Cats from Birmingham for £1.5m during the summer of 2023, is following in the footsteps of older brother and England international Jude, who spent three seasons with Dortmund before moving to Real Madrid.
He told the club's official website: "I’m very happy to be a Borussia Dortmund player now and to fight for titles together with this great club.
"I want to play my part in celebrating success with these great fans here and will work on myself and with the team every day.
"And I’m very happy that I’ll be wearing the black and yellow jersey at the FIFA Club World Cup."
Sunderland confirmed the fee they will receive is a club record and that they have negotiated sell-on clause understood to be 15%.
Bellingham is the flagbearer for Sunderland’s policy of investing in young players with potential and leaves having played a key role in last season’s promotion to the Premier League via the Sky Bet Championship play-off final.
Kieran Tierney has officially returned to Celtic after signing a five-year deal.
The Scotland defender left Glasgow to join Arsenal in 2019 having come through the youth ranks at Celtic Park but signed a pre-contract agreement with the Hoops earlier this year.
His departure from Arsenal was confirmed last week and he has now committed himself to the Scottish champions until 2030.
Tierney made 170 appearances for the Hoops in his first spell, winning 10 trophies, including three consecutive trebles.
Most of those came under the management of Brendan Rodgers, who is also in his second stint at Celtic Park.
Tierney fell down the pecking order at Arsenal following a knee injury at the end of the 2021-22 season and he spent 2023-24 on loan at Real Sociedad.
He made 20 appearances for the Gunners in the second half of the season just finished, all but four of them from off the bench.
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