Jobe Bellingham’s stats at Dortmund keep getting better | OneFootball

Jobe Bellingham joined Borussia Dortmund from AFC Sunderland last summer. At the English second division club, he had already been a regular starter for the previous two seasons. Would he successfully make the leap to a top Bundesliga club? At first, there were some doubts, but these have increasingly faded in light of his recent statistical data.

The high expectations for Jobe Bellingham were certainly not helped by the fact that his older brother, Jude Bellingham, had also made the move from England to BVB—and quickly developed into one of the league’s top players in Dortmund. Additionally, BVB paid 30 million euros to Sunderland for the then 19-year-old. This sum also raised expectations, which seemed to be a burden for Jobe Bellingham at the start of his time at BVB.

His new coach, Niko Kovac, had already made it clear publicly that Bellingham would be given at least three to six months to settle in. As Sport.de quotes Kovac from kicker. In these first months, Jobe Bellingham only played about a third of the possible minutes.

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Nmecha cushions Bellingham’s weaknesses

Recently, however, this figure has risen dramatically. Since the start of the second half of the season, the Englishman has been on the pitch for 76 percent of the possible playing time. His duel success rate has also improved, from 53 percent of duels won to now 62 percent. “Additionally, Bellingham has improved his play on the ball and consistently complements the established Felix Nmecha well,” Sport.de continues.

Their interplay works so well because Nmecha usually compensates for Bellingham’s still obvious weaknesses. “The Brit still has problems with his play on the ball. But by now, it’s clear what developmental steps Bellingham is capable of.”

The fact that the media focus around Borussia Dortmund is currently mainly on the confirmed departures of Julian Brandt and Niklas Süle, as well as the question of contract extensions for Nico Schlotterbeck and Karim Adeyemi, benefits Bellingham. This allows him to fully concentrate on his work, making further positive development more likely.

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