Transfer gossip: Real Madrid send scouts to watch teenage Sunderland and England youth starlet - reports

Real Madrid have reportedly sent scouts to watch Sunderland's teenage sensation Jobe Bellingham.

The 18-year-old moved to the Stadium of Light from Birmingham City over the summer window as brother Jude Bellingham completed a sensational switch from Dortmund to Real Madrid for a whopping €103 million.

Since his arrival in Spain, the England international has cemented himself as a firm fan favourite and has already scored ten goals in ten games for the Spanish giants.

Brother Jobe Bellingham has also enjoyed a good start to the 2023-24 season and is now a regular in midfield under head coach Tony Mowbray and has also been deployed as a striker and an attacking midfielder.

Jobe Bellingham has played 11 times for Sunderland so far in the Championship, netting two goals and earning another call-up to England's under-19 set-up. Now, though, Spanish publication El National has stated that Real Madrid are now scouting the player.

They said: "At Real Madrid, they still can't believe the performance that Jude Bellingham is giving. Despite spending 103 million euros, the Santiago Bernabéu did not expect the 20-year-old Englishman to become one of the team's leaders so soon. His ten goals in ten games confirm that the former Borussia Dortmund player has been a great signing, and the white team is already looking for another player like him to keep him company. 

"The chosen one could be none other than his little brother, Jobe Bellingham. The Sunderland midfielder was called up to the English under-19 team in the match against Montenegro. Florentino Pérez was not immune to this circumstance, and asked Juni Calafat to send his scouts to bring a complete report on the second child of Mark and Denise Bellingham."