Jude Bellingham has had his shirt number retired, been in a Bundesliga team of the season, scored in the Champions League, become an England regular and been called a “generational talent”. Since Bellingham joined Borussia Dortmund from Birmingham City in 2020 for a fee that could exceed £30m, no teenager has played more in Europe’s top-five leagues — and he is near the top of the charts for defensive and attacking actions. Bellingham’s Birmingham beginningsBellingham spent just one season in the first team of his hometown club, Birmingham City, in the Championship. That said, people laughed when Blues retired his number 22 shirt after he left for Dortmund — but they clearly knew how good he was. “He didn’t want to leave Birmingham City, he cried.

Source: The Star September 27, 2022 03:02 UTC