But I now saw that he said it wasn't about the money for him and has never been. to be honest it makes me laugh because Real Madrid is among the highest paying teams in the world (SPL not included here). It was said he had an offer from Manchester City and it was even better in terms of his salary, but really how much? A few million? That doesn't even matter whether you earn 20 million in Madrid or 25 million in Manchester. Saying that money doesn't matter when you actually earn far over 20 million a year including sponsoring deals must be quite easy. I would also say that money doesn't matter if I made 20 million or 30 million a year...
I think it still matters that in Real Madrid Bellingham will become a star, and in City he will be part of the mechanism, even Haaland is considered there as a cog in Guardiola's machine. While Bellingham is young, he really shouldn’t chase after a meager (if you take persents) profit - he needs to work for global goals, because when he becomes a legendary football player, some Saudis will pay him several hundred million at once.
Your opinion about Haaland makes sense and I see it the same way. Haaland isn't the dominant player, but part of the mechanism. That's a great way to put it.
Bellingham won't be the only superstar in the midfield next to Modric and Kroos, but the prospects are good for him to become the big leader in the midfield when Kroos and Modric say goodbye. But it would be surprising if by then Real Madrid didn't buy another potential superstar midfielder.