Awful lot of scouse bollocks about them being all in for him. If you're Bellingham, or any other highly rated and in demand ball playing midfielder why would you go sign for Liverpool? Yeah they're one of the best sides but his role would be reduced to clogger, water carrier and cover for the fullbacks, would be such a waste of his talents to go play that kind of football.
In contrast to that, if city are in for him next summer he can play the kind of football all midfielders like him dream of playing, Pep will turn him into everything he wants to be, learning from the likes of kdb and Bernardo instead of Henderson and Keita and he can do it in very familiar surroundings too. He'd be behind his mate Erling and be surrounded by half the England side, Phillips, foden, Grealish all in midfield with him and infront of walker and Stones.