HELL’S BELLS
Ole plots £100m swoop for Jude and Jack
MANCHESTER UNITED are planning a £100m double swoop for Jude Bellingham and Jack Grealish.
The club opened talks with 16-year-old Bellingham yesterday after the Birmingham midfielder travelled to United’s training base to meet senior club officials, including executive vicechairman Ed Woodward and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
He spent several hours at the complex and was accompanied
by his parents before being driven away.
United are also preparing to pay up to £70m for Aston Villa’s Grealish this summer.
The midfielder’s Villa deal – which runs until 2023 – does not have a buy-out clause, so United must dig deep.
Grealish could see his £60,000-a-week Villa terms tripled if he went to United, who also aim to beat a host of clubs to the £30m signing of Bellingham and continue their policy of targeting young English talent.
Bellingham is enjoying an outstanding season at Birmingham, where he has made 35 appearances and scored four goals. He cannot sign a professional deal until he turns 17 on June 29.
Tahith Chong has snubbed a move to Inter Milan and signed a new deal with United instead.
The Dutch winger’s new contract runs until June 2022.
Inter boss Antonio Conte had been keen on the 20-year-old.