3 consecutive substitutes! Dortmund coach warns Belin: No playing time can be won by surname

This summer, Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham's younger brother Job Bellingham joined Dortmund for a transfer fee of 30.5 million euros, re-take his brother's path. After performing well in the Club World Cup, Bellingham Jr. returned to the Bundesliga but lost himself a little. In Dortmund's last three games, Bellingham Jr. has all become the team's substitute.

, and Dortmund coach Kovac also issued the strictest warning to him: the team's position is won by training performance and on-court performance, not by surname. In an interview with "Kickers", Kovac said: "Everyone wants to play every game, but only 11 players are needed on the court. When you sign a contract here, it not only means high salaries, but also means you have to face extremely fierce competition."

Currently, Kovac prefers to use Sabitzer and Enmega as midfielders rather than Job Bellingham in the game. Although he admitted that Job Bellingham was a "very talented player", in order to adapt to the requirements of the Bundesliga, Job Bellingham must "gradually integrate into the game."

Compared with his brother Jude Bellingham (now at Real Madrid) who joined Dortmund at the age of 17 in 2020 and made his mark, Job Bellingham's start in the Bundesliga seems relatively slow. Jude Bellingham was one of Dortmund's core players from 2020 to 2023, and eventually joined Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 113 million pounds.

Kovage believes that the surname "Bellingham" may become a burden rather than a motivation for Job Bellingham. He said: "You can't put too much pressure on yourself because of your name. I don't think it's good for this child, and he hasn't helped him."

Although his brother's success has attracted much attention since he was a child, and both of them have come from Birmingham City youth training,

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Considering that Dortmund invested a huge transfer fee of 30.5 million euros in Job Bellingham (the second place in the Bundesliga summer window), they will continue to give the young man enough patience. Dortmund Sports General Manager Ricken said: "He is only 19 years old, but he has performed well in the Club World Cup. The time dimension we consider is not a few days or weeks, but a few years. Job signed a five-year contract with us and we are completely confident that he will grow into a key player here."