
Key strength: Work rate
Box-to-box midfielder
While his older brother Jude commands the spotlight at the Bernabéu, 20-year-old Jobe Bellingham is quietly scripting his own chapter at Borussia Dortmund—€30.5 million of raw, box-to-box potential wearing the iconic number 7 shirt. Die Schwarzgelben sit second in the Bundesliga table, though their rollercoaster form—WWLWL in their last five fixtures—reflects the turbulence of a genuine title race. Bellingham has weathered it all, accumulating 900 minutes across 11 appearances this season. Though yet to find the net himself, his solitary assist understates his influence; his relentless work rate and physicality have made him a trusted outlet in Edin Terzić's midfield. Learning alongside emerging talents like Fábio Silva, the English teenager is following the family blueprint—developing in Dortmund's famed crucible, refining his craft in one of Europe's most demanding leagues. For now, he's the quieter Bellingham. But every minute on the Westfalenstadion turf is an investment in a prodigious talent the world will soon know by his own name.