Sunderland’s Jobe Bellingham set for Dortmund move after fee agreed

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00:00Sunderland and Borussia Dortmund have reportedly agreed a deal for the transfer of Joe Bellingham

00:05for a fee in the region of £30 million.

00:09That will see Bellingham leave the Wearside club to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Jude,

00:14who also played for Dortmund.

00:17Yeah, it's a brilliant bonus.

00:19For me, the main goal is still getting promoted this season, which we've got an amazing opportunity to do.

00:24And I'm sure everyone at the club realises what kind of opportunity we've got

00:28because they don't come around often.

00:30So, yeah, we've really got to make the most of that opportunity.

00:33But, yeah, this is a lovely bonus, as I've said.

00:35Personally, probably that away win at Swansea, where we came back,

00:38I think that just showed our character really well.

00:40And obviously, in the changing room after and the flight home, it was just a great feeling.

00:44And they're the little moments that you want to savour throughout your career.

00:46We're going to need everyone.

00:48As I've heard the gaffer say, we're going to need everyone to support us.

00:51And I'm sure they'll do their bit, as they always do, travelling so far off to watch this team.

00:56And, obviously, us players, it's up to us to understand what it means to those supporters

01:00and to everyone at the club, like the staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes, really,

01:05from top to bottom of the club, like yourselves.

01:08So, yeah, we've got to do it for everyone.

01:11And Will Rhodes reflected as Durham were beaten by Leicestershire in the T20 Blast on Friday evening.

01:17I think it was just to bat, really.

01:21It was to bat and see how close we could get.

01:24Obviously, we've not, you know, both of us together probably haven't had a major innings

01:28in this competition so far in regards to ball's face.

01:30So, we just wanted to almost have a good time.

01:33Hit some strong shots, obviously, good wicket, quick outfield.

01:36So, there was plenty of value for all around the ground, really.

01:39And just a shame we couldn't get out of line.

01:41Yeah, we actually thought we had a really good chance of chasing it.

01:43I think, you know, after their power play and after their first ten overs,

01:46I think they were 110, 115 for two or three.

01:49So, to actually drag them back to 190 was a really good effort.

01:52I thought our plans at the end were really good.

01:54I thought maybe in the power play we might have missed a little bit.

01:56But, you know, at the end, we were really, really good.

01:59Everyone who came on and balled knew what they were doing and executed really well.

02:03So, we thought we could chase it down.

02:05And, obviously, we got off to a flyer as well.

02:06So, confidence was high.

02:07And then, you know, we just got a little bit stuck in the middle.

02:09But that can happen.

02:10They balled nicely.

02:11They balled to plans, balled to the big side of the ground.

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