When Jude Bellingham burst onto the scene at Birmingham City during the 2019/20 campaign it was never going to take to long for him to start attracting attention.
And so it proved, with numerous big-name clubs soon being alerted to his talents and being linked with his signature.
Manchester United were amongst those firmly interested in signing the now-England international, so much so that he visited the club's Carrington training base in March 2020 and met with Sir Alex Ferguson, raising the hopes amongst United's supporters that they would win the race for his signature.
However, German giants Borussia Dortmund proved to be the lucky winners, landing him in a £25million deal a few months later, securing his services ahead of the start
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