Jude Bellingham has rapidly become a leader at both club and international level. Playing for Real Madrid, English fans rarely get to watch him live, but his impact is obvious. And they will all be looking to him for inspiration come the European Championships next summer.
Adam Crafton and Tim Spiers of the Athletic join host Adam Leventhal to discuss his importance to Gareth Southgate’s team, and how he compares to past England greats.
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Absolutely better in Spain.I’m not sure he would come good in the prem.Watched him in the CL against Chelsea at the Bridge and he was bang average
Jude is not like Pogba. He’s very much a younger, faster and equally gifted version of Zidane. Jude at 20 is better than Zidane in the defensive side of the game. Amazing! 👏🏼👏🏼
Absolutely, Messi & CR7 thrived for over a decade in La Liga, where the game is more technical & less bone crunching action.
As long he doesn’t become woke
As a proud Englishman, football fanatic for 30 years I'm ridiculously excited about Bellingham. I don't think anyone wants to praise him too much because youngsters quite often would let it go to their heads and tread the wrong path for a while.
Bellingham is strikingly different though. Spent all his adult career evolving his natural talents in Germany, where the change in country and new language will have made him mature even further beyond his already down to earth, sensible, determined and focused self by having absolutely incredible parents.
The lad has absolutely everything, just turned 20 in June, I can't forsee a regression coming. One of the Italy players was jealous of him the other day on the pitch! He should stay at Madrid the rest of his career. I regret not watching more La Liga when Messi and Ronaldo were at their pomp, I'll certainly be watching every El Classico from now on.
Mark my words he won't score more than 20 goals this season, if he does you'll see😌
Yes, wide decision to not come to PL. He is not cut out for PL just like Pogba, Sancho, Kagawa etc. In a slower or less physical league, he can do hi magic and be more effective.
Absolutely he would have flopped in the epl . seriously
I genuinely think the difference between Pogba and Bellingham is their attitude, dedication to the game. Pogba had all the talent and attributes Jude has but he is nowhere near the matureness level
Can prolong his career in spain imo
It's quite likely Bellingham will be completely done by 30, like Rooney and Michael Owen, due to sheer amount of minutes he'll play. Although he's not in the Premier League as you say, so could go on longer perhaps.
Describing Pogba and Bellingham as 'NBA type athletes' seems like one of those phrases that broadcasters made new guidelines against a few years ago lol
If I was him I’d stay as far away from this miserable country as possible. England is best “enjoyed” in small doses 😂
Don't do to Jude what the media did to Bale
Bellingham will be around for a long time. He’ll adapt . He’s that good
I was born in L'pool and a "RED" since '63 (Yes I am OLD!!!!!) and it breaks my heart that Jude never came here. But the kid is SERIOUSLY good and you have to love and admire that.
Even the Spanish, the German, and the French are analyzing Jude Bellingham games. Go to Spanish, German, and French channel to find out more.
He will be world class player if he stays away from premier league as long as he can. And if he end his career in Serie A that would be a perfect journey from EFL Championship to Bundesliga to La Liga and end in Serie A. No English players have ever done it before.
Yes
Are the
Athletic Team
trapped in a solitary confiment Red Dwarf space capsule?
The part about united being more hateable than city is hilarious. United haven't been near their best for 10 years while city have probably been one of best teams in the world last few years. But still city don't matter much as united to most fans.
Sure after a few years they will gain more relevancy but even the 115 charges will put an asterisk over everything they've achieved.
ts black history month and all I can say is Bellingham is the Black Zidane🏐
For someone as talented as Bellingham, I think his main adversary would be injury and organizational instability. The same applies to Pedri and Musiala.
These conversations about this lad. All Im hearing betwen the lines is "another star to crush and blame and pin our hate on when he doesn't single-handedly carry us to trophies."
The English are their own biggest fans and their own worst enemies.
Inferior league. La liga has been shite for years but this could be the turning point
Messi Ronaldo Zlatan modric Xavi. Players who take the game extremely serious are able to avoid injuries. I believe that it’s up to that if he burns out or not. His competition with Jobe seems to push him and also vise versa.
The more you talk about bellingham ‘ the more we madridista be happy 🇰🇼
Best player in the world.