down manchester united and instead opt for germany. for me, i think it is the perfect clu b for me, i think it is the perfect club right now at this point in my development. there is not a better clu b development. there is not a better club in the world at producing young talent and developing them for the next level. and i want to be able to develop here and give back by winning titles and winning games. the way i came out and saw the size of the stadium and the amount of seats and a like space there is come and geta seats and a like space there is come and get a real realisation how big the club is and it is ironic to be here. really humble and talking today. well the other interesting aspect to this transfer is who bellingham joins in becoming the latest british young player to move to germany rather than a premier league side. jadon sancho set the trend when he also went to dortmund three years ago from manchester city.

defender reece oxford went to augsburg, and the trends now continuing for even younger players. welshman rabbi matondo has gone to schalke and jamal musiala went to bayern last summer — both england and germany want him in their international set up. now dortmund have honed a transfer strategy it seems players want to be part of — they signed christian pulisic and ousmane dembele on cheap deals, developing their talent and then selling them on for massive profit — they may well do the same with the brilliant erling haaland who's started his career at dortmund so well. bellingham will want to do the same. i think he fits perfect. the youngsters are very quick players and players with a lot of potential,

skilful players. that is what they stand for. it is an add—on if they will be able to sell him for 90 or 100 million. for now, it is more important to get the best possible support and bella come they look at him fora support and bella come they look at him for a long time and many other close with them as well dortmund got the call again and he just shows that it the call again and he just shows thatitis the call again and he just shows that it is the perfect fit in the clu b wa nted that it is the perfect fit in the club wanted the player badly and the player sees it is for him the right move and i can see another success story like it was with sancho. and just to get one final perspective on this player, there's been some really touching words from the clubjude bellingham is leaving today too. birmingham city's chief executive said... birmingham are a side who've had huge financial problems in recent years — this £25 million sum for a team in the championship could be the difference between staying afloat and going under —

so it's a huge day for them too. big business. you can't help but feel any other young player might be watching the unveiling betty on thinking i would not bother and i'll give it a mess. thank you, joe. —— unveiling video. rangers have strongly backed their players in taking a knee, after defender connor goldson called out a "minority" of fans for "disgusting" comments following his show of support for the black lives matter movement. the club's also condemned racist abuse directed at striker alfredo morelos. here's our scottish sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin. this all relates back to a picture posted by the rangers defender conor golson on his instagram feed following a friendly match in france on friday night come a picture of himself and a few of rangers players taking the unique, some of the comments underneath that picture from some rangers fans concerning to say the least. connor says the hate

and ignorance and the comments were discussing and it is not about politics. it is about equality he says. these are fans of the club i know it is a minority but we need to make a stand and be heard. rangers to be fair have been fairly quick and responding to that. they released a statement today saying that they are very supportive of players taking the knee and of course solidarity with the black lives matter movement, they say if you are unable to support the players regardless of their background, you are not welcome at huybrechts the rangers say is a club for all. also wondering they confirming that police investigating online comments, racist comments directed at the stryker alfredo marella, they say scottish football asa marella, they say scottish football as a whole should condemn that as shed society. let's have a look at some of the other football stories making the news today. the life of world cup winner jack charlton is being celebrated

with a special postmark, which will be stamped on all mail in the uk and ireland for the next three weeks. charlton was part of england's 1966 world cup winning side, and also led the republic of ireland to theirfirst major tournament finals as manager. he died earlier this month aged 85. gareth bale's agent says he is "going nowhere", despite being left on the bench by zinedine zidane for most of real madrid's league triumph this season. he has two years left on his contract and according to jonathan barnett, bale likes living in madrid and he won't be leaving on loan or on a permanent transfer. and for the first time since it was launched in 1956, there will be no ballon d'0r awarded this year. it's been cancelled due to the pandemic. france football, who run the award, say the last year can't be treated as ordinary — but that the ceremony will return in 2021. some potential good news

for the women's super league — with a number of major investors showing interest in buying into england's top women's division. several private firms have apparently expressed an interest in purchasing a stake. 0ur reporterjo currie has more on this. in terms of investment, this will be a huge moment for the leak. absolutely. a very big moment. should the fa set a state committee would rate a huge amount of money. we are talking to him, maybe hundreds of millions of pounds. for a leak that is noise had a huge amount of money that could mean a lot of things to a lot of the clubs that are already there. i'm told there is a way off of that. i learned equity firm have made an approach to buy a stake in the women's super league but as you alluded to they are not the only interested party. women's football has been getting bigger and bigger over recent years and more money is being invested and spent. in fact, the next big proc tv right is up at the next big proc tv right is up at the end of the next season. and that

may be what someone interested parties trying to get involved now because they want a chunk of that broadcast many flaws that the bbc understands the talks are also still ongoing between the fa and the premier league and they have been for a year or so. 22 clubs in the top two divisions a woman support 13 of them are affiliated to permit the clu b of them are affiliated to permit the club so many feel that a premier league takeover may be a more simply thing and make it more professional. i'm told clubs are having their say ta ke i'm told clubs are having their say take into account but make no mistake, there is many to be made from the women's super league whoever takes it over and we are expecting a takeover and i would expecting a takeover and i would expect an announcement probably in the next 12 months. thank you for your insight on this. toronto wolfpack have withdrawn from the remainder of the 2020 super league season. the canadian club were bottom of the table when the season was suspended in march and they say the financial impact of the coronavirus has led to this decision. 0ur rugby league correspondent dave woods has more. this is a out of the blue. they

flagged up at a last week they were having player personnel problems because a visa issues meant that six 01’ because a visa issues meant that six or seven of the new zealand also compared would have to go home. i left them doubtful they would be able to complete the season but today statement does not refer to those visa issues. 0nly today statement does not refer to those visa issues. only two financial situations. they have not had any income this year and they don't take a share of any other tv contract money. they haven't been able to follow players because they area canadian able to follow players because they are a canadian based team albeit based over here. they have not played any home matches so they've had no home crowds or no sponsorships and etc and that is the reason they say today why they are pulling out of the rest of this season. that has to price the rfl and the fellow super league clubs we re and the fellow super league clubs were told last thursday by toronto that financially they were 0k. toronto say they will be back in 2021 whether that is allowed to be the case will have to be seen in the rfl and the super league clubs will have a thought about that is say discussions are now beginning as to whether toronto is simply allowed

back into the competition next year or whether they will have to face punishment of relegation to the championship or even to leak one. —— a legal one. trans women could be banned from playing in women's rugby tournaments following new research carried out by world rugby. the draft proposals suggest that lowering testosterone is not enough to create a safe playing environment. 0ur correspondent katie gornall has more. this would be a major change to the current rule — what exactly‘s been said? it is really significant. it would make waldrop read the first wording federation to go down this path. it also stems from a major review they conducted into the transgender policy earlier in the year. —— rugby federation. they brought together a number of leading experts from different fields and from the fields of science, medicine, they brought together different transcripts as well. a whole host of different people and would emerge from this was this a draft document that was first reported in the guardian which

is attempted to try and build a consensus around what is a very emotive and sensitive subject of course and it is proposed that trans women should be banned from women's by women should be banned from women's rugby because of safety reasons. what currently happens is that world roughly follows the ioc guidelines, which state that trans women have to lower their testosterone level. the actual world rugby. that's for 12 months to compete. but what world rugby has said today to us that lower testosterone level does not eliminate the physical advantage. they say the research points to that. they say that trans women pose a clear safety risk when they compete in contact rep week. we have spoke to a lot of different people about this, we spoke to doctor nicola williams who is director of fair play for women and she agrees with the proposals. it has been clear for a while now with the research that trans women do retain a male type advantage and the safety issues around that were obvious and so issues around that were obvious and soi issues around that were obvious and

so i think will rugby saw that come to acknowledge that, and they have acted. they had done it because they could not ignore the safety issues here. we have already seen trans women playing rugby and playing women's rugby. it is happening now. and so, the risk is there now. world rugby have had to move to make sure that their game remained safe and fairfor that their game remained safe and fair for women. there are a lot of dissenting voices towards this particular proposal who feel that it isa particular proposal who feel that it is a move towards a less inclusive supporting landscape earlier today i spoke tojoin a supporting landscape earlier today i spoke to join a scientist from the university and specialises in research and trends women attitude and she vented to the working group that met in february and she does not support this draft conclusion. it is reasonable to put restrictions

on trans women in sports. those trends women who go through male probity will on average be taller, bigger and stronger than sis ginger or typical woman, even after home with therapy. that hormone therapy. those things are advantageous. —— cis gender. there is increased risk in sports like rugby. i certainly understand all of that and putting restrictions on trans women is a reasonable thing to do. but i certainly do not agree with this idea of an outright ban. world rugby wanted to say it will work with relevant groups that say it will be appropriate participation. pathways for transgender athletes. no participation. pathways for tra nsgender athletes. no decision has been made on the shed. the report is out for review, we expect the world rugby council to vote on

it in november. it is a significant development for transgender athletes and the sport. a difficult and emotive issue. thank you for the moment. that's all from sportsday. more on the bbc website. if you are missing out on the olympics, a series of olympic secrets on the bbc iplayer. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello there. many of us will have seen some sunshine today, but it was across the south—west of england we saw some spectacular clouds pop up just for a time. these are cirrus uncinus clouds

spotted in the skies in cornwall and also in devon, although they did fade away too much as quickly as they came. further north, we had showers, and those showers have been widespread in scotland. pictures will get that the coldest areas the three celsius with a bachelor start today and tuesday but for most of us it will be a bright and sunny star as well. through the afternoon we will see a little bit of cloud building and spreading across the skies in england and wales. still some spells of sunshine and it turns cloudier and cloudier further north and west with outbreaks of rain and arriving late in the day. many temperatures and a little bit below par.

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