Both Jude and Jobe Bellingham are playing at the Club World Cup for Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund respectively but the two will not meet despite the club’s playing each other in the next round
Jude Bellingham has been robbed of the chance to play against brother Jobe at the Club World Cup after a FIFA ban. The two were expected to face off in the quarter-finals of the tournament, with Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund beating Juventus and Monterrey respectively in the last 16.
But Jobe - who signed for the Bundesliga giants from Sunderland earlier this summer - will not play in that game having picked up a booking in the German side’s latest win. With two cautions now to his name, he will now serve an automatic suspension.
Yellow cards are only wiped out after the quarter-finals of the competition. And Jobe was clearly gutted at the prospect of missing out on the next game and thus a reunion with his brother.
But Dortmund boss Niko Kovac believes it is only a matter of time before the pair meet on the pitch. Speaking after the game, the Dortmund boss said: "I think we all saw that he [Jobe Bellingham] was very disappointed. I think he did not exactly know that the second yellow card is a suspension at half-time. He was a little bit surprised.
"OK, he's young. His brother is also young so I'm convinced they will face each other, maybe next season in the Champions League and then the future. The future is for them.
"The Club World Cup would be nice but now it isn't. Someone else must play for him but it's also okay."
And while the pair won’t get to play against each other for now, Jude has already revealed his ambitions to become teammates with his brother on the international stage. He said: “Because we're of a similar age and we've played together for so long - in the street and on tufts of grass - to play with my brother for England... that would be the biggest dream of my life.
"That would mean more than any of the trophies, especially if we managed to do it on a consistent basis and play at a major tournament together, win things together. Nothing would even get close to that."
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Jobe had so far made four appearances for Dortmund at the Club World Cup following his blockbuster move from Sunderland. And he managed to score his first goal for the club in a 4-3 win against Mamelodi Sundowns last month.
Jude has also been on the scoresheet at the tournament, netting against Mexican side Pachuca in the group stage.