Michael Owen has suggested Jude Bellingham to ‘restructure his life’ after shining for England throughout their World Cup marketing campaign.
The Borussia Dortmund midfielder was one of many standout gamers for the Three Lions in Qatar and has shortly grow to be a family identify throughout the nation.
Owen – who handled related ranges of stardom in his taking part in profession – warned Bellingham of the ‘challenges and stress’ that can observe, however known as on the midfielder to shine via all of it.
Jude Bellingham shone for England throughout their World Cup marketing campaign over the previous month
Owen shared some recommendation for the teen after going via an identical rise to fame
Talking to the Telegraph, Owen mentioned: ‘Jude goes to want to restructure his life and ensure he has received individuals round him who may help.
‘He is had an ideal World Cup, perhaps not the identical large second I had, however we will really feel a real pressure who’s going to be an ideal participant for a very long time.
‘He’s going to have related issues, related challenges and stress. The one individuals he wants to fret about are his supervisor and his team-mates, maintain them completely happy, not anybody else, and that ought to guarantee he retains on monitor to be the participant we predict he’ll be for the following decade.’
Bellingham picked up one objective and one help throughout England’s World Cup marketing campaign earlier than they crashed out within the quarter-finals after defeat to France.
Bellingham has grow to be a well known identify throughout England after shining within the World Cup
Owen, equally, broke onto the worldwide scene as an adolescent and shone for England
His performances in Qatar may have piqued the curiosity of quite a lot of high European golf equipment, nevertheless Owen insisted Bellingham ought to return to England for his subsequent transfer.
‘I believe he has to return again to the Premier League. He has carried out very properly in Germany and made that call to depart Birmingham when he was very younger so he would get the chance to play. Dortmund have an enormous asset on their palms,’ Owen mentioned.
‘The Premier League is the largest and greatest league on the earth, it’s only a query of which membership can afford him?
‘There aren’t many round as a result of he’s a particular, particular expertise. He will be top-of-the-line round.’
The midfielder has already been tipped to hitch Liverpool after hanging a powerful relationship with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jordan Henderson throughout England’s World Cup camp.
Bellingham (R) has struck up an in depth relationship with Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson (L)
Owen went on to bathe Bellingham with reward for his arduous work and claimed that he is ‘fallen in love’ with the Dortmund star’s playstyle.
‘He’s breaking this mould of being categorised as a six or an eight. He can play anyplace in midfield and do every thing,’ Owen mentioned.
‘In my day, you usually performed with a two in midfield and also you needed to be an all-rounder, however we have misplaced these gamers since you usually have a midfield three.
‘That requires particular positions as a result of it wants a stability. I performed with top-of-the-line all-round midfielders round in Steven Gerrard, and 6 was not his place. In case you requested him to try this, you had been chopping off his legs, because it had been.
‘So many individuals can do a six job, not many can do every thing. Gerrard was too good to not go ahead, rating and create targets. Jude is identical.’
Owen in contrast Bellingham’s playstyle to that of former team-mate Steven Gerrard (above)
Bellingham is ‘breaking the mould’ on account of his versatility on the pitch, based on Owen
‘He is received attributes that make him an entire midfielder. We do not see him each week as a result of he is out within the Bundesliga, however what struck me was how giving he’s.
‘The extra I watch him, I really like the way in which he performs. Lots of people, once they grow to be superb, it nearly turns into uncool to do the arduous yards and the stuff you do not actually get a great deal of reward for.
‘He’s so grounded, he does good issues, nice runs and scores targets, however when gamers make a reputation for themselves they often save their vitality for the large, headline-grabbing moments.
‘He does the stuff managers and team-mates actually discover. I hope he retains the starvation to do all of the nasty jobs. He works his nuts off. I’ve fallen in love with him.’
Bellingham will return to Borussia Dortmund following England’s World Cup elimination
