Jude Bellingham’s representatives have started inspecting apartments in Madrid ahead of his expected £100million-plus transfer from Borussia Dortmund.
Real Madrid have beaten off competition from Manchester City with the offer of a six-year contract at the Bernabeu for the England midfielder, with a formal announcement expected in the next few weeks.
Bellingham moved to Germany from Birmingham at the age of 16 so is used to living abroad and his family have already begun the process of ensuring he will settle in Madrid.
Reports in Spain claimed that during a recent meeting between Madrid's president Florentino Perez, and manager Carlo Ancelotti, the latter was informed that his long-term transfer target was all but secured.
And according to German newspaper Ruhr Nachrichten, the England star handed out a number of farewell gifts at Dortmund after their gut-wrenching Bundesliga title collapse on Saturday.
The 19-year-old and his mother Denise gave out a series of gifts after a team meeting on Sunday as he prepares to bid farewell to Dortmund, including a signed pair of football boots he handed to a security guard at the club.
He even signed the boots and wrote the parting message: 'Thank you!'
On one of his final visits to the club's training ground, Bellingham also spent plenty of time signing autographs for fans before departing at around 1:15pm CEST.
Several supporters are believed to have tried their luck at convincing him to remain at Dortmund, yet it appears far too late for such a U-turn.
However, he was not able to leave the club on the positive note that his side had perhaps shown promise of over the course of the 2022-23 season.
Mail Sport revealed back in May that Madrid were closing in on a big-money deal for the England star after the midfielder was reported to have accepted the details of their offer.
However, at that point the final transfer fee was yet to be discussed between the club and his current club Dortmund.
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