Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham: German lessons crucial | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham says he's taking intense German lessons to help him settle.

Bellingham, living in a city-centre apartment, is currently living the dream.

"I was having two or three German lessons a week before the international break," he told the Mirror. “And becoming fluent is definitely something I want to do. The schedule has been really busy so I have not really got back on it but I am understanding more day by day, even though I find it tough to speak.

"Virtually everyone speaks English but the coaches prefer to do everything in German. I have found if I pick up three words in a sentence, that is enough to piece together what they are speaking about.

"I still have a few things I need to do for my sports B-Tech. Mum has reminded me plenty of times you are never beyond education, so I need to get that boxed off and get my tutor off my case.

“Both my parents are working class and filled me with the things you need to get along; not giving up, working hard, putting in the graft to go out and get something.

"I've seen the way they interact with people and how they treat them. When you have people like that, you don't have to be told how to behave."