Manchester United were interested in the former Birmingham City teenager, but Bellingham opted for the Bundesliga giants after the promise of more first team football.
Bellingham now follows Sancho, the former Manchester City youth product who is now a United transfer target, in moving to Dortmund as a teen.
And he admitted that the Black and Yellows' record of developing youngsters was a huge factor in his move. "The record Dortmund have got with young players in recent years is unrivalled in European football," said Bellingham."Weighing all that up and the people we met there, the stadium and fanbase, it made me fall in love with that club as well.
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