Jude Bellingham is still the sheriff in England’s World Cup town
12.06.26, 08:00 Updated 12.06.26, 08:30 4 Minute Read
Dave Kidd
WATCH Jude Bellingham play and you often feel like you’re witnessing a tetchy, egotistical loner.
An individual in a team game. A man capable, in Thomas Tuchel’s own words, of intimidating his own colleagues. A ticking time-bomb ready to detonate at this largest and weirdest of World Cups.
Yet there is also little doubt that you are witnessing one of England’s finest footballers of all time. A player blessed with immense gifts. A player England cannot win the World Cup without.
There has been some debate over whether Bellingham will start ahead of fellow Brummie Morgan Rogers as the No 10 in the ten-gallon hat land of Texas when the Three Lions side face Croatia in next Wednesday’s opener.
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Dave Kidd One of the most recognisable England voices of the last two decades. A Fleet Street heavyweight known for authoritative reporting, sharp opinions and a deep understanding of the mood inside an England camp.