Dear Liverpool fans, that price tag on the head of Jude Bellingham has just increased!
England thrashed Iran 6-2 at the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Monday, with Bellingham leaving fans, including Ian Wright, wowed by his performance.
It was the 19-year-old’s debut on football’s biggest stage, and after being a back-up player at Euro 2020, he is now a certain starter under Gareth Southgate.
Speaking to ITV Sport, in the build-up to Netherlands 2-0 win over Senegal, Ian Wright stated it’s time the Liverpool transfer target moved to the Premier League from German side Borussia Dortmund.
“Seeing someone like Jude Bellingham get up there and get in the box, it’s fantastic,” said Wright. “I said he had to play. I am pleased that they have put him in.
“We are seeing it now, at 19. He has gone to Germany and developed. We are seeing a really fantastic mature (player), even in the way he is speaking. The way he got into the box (for his goal).
“Being captain (over at Dortmund). It’s brilliant at his age. But I am thinking, as good as the German league is, I feel now is the time to get himself back in the Premier League. If that’s why he has gone there to develop and get to a level, then I think he is there.”
BELLINGHAM’S PRICE TAG AMID LIVERPOOL’S INTEREST
From the highly-demanding arena of the Santiago Bernabeu to the pressure cooker environment of Anfield, teams up and down the land want Bellingham on their books.
Just like Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland, those in Dortmund are going to be resigned to losing Bellingham during these next 12 months and probably as quickly as the January transfer window.
But given that there was already a clamour to sign Bellingham before his World Cup debut – it is suggested that the player is a transfer ‘obsession’ of Liverpool’s – then this recent performance against Iran will only enhance his reputation.
The confident nature and arrogant nature with which he carries the ball and bullies players off the ball is quite remarkable.
Then it’s the intelligent nature in which he moves the ball, both from deep and in the attacking third. There is always bravery in his play and a forward-thinking nature to his passing.
He’s nowhere near being finely-tuned and he can go up a few more levels yet, what’s even crazier is, at the next World Cup in the USA, he could still probably be considered a youngster.
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