Ex-Birmingham City boss Pep Clotet on Jude Bellingham’s impressive rise: “From the first time I saw him for the U18s, straight away you could see he had an incredible talent on him. You could see straight away he was going to be a big playFormer Birmingham manager Pep Clotet says he never hesitated in making England new boy Jude Bellingham Birmingham’s youngest ever player, ahead of the 17-year-old’s possible Three Lions bow on Thursday nightBellingham could become England’s third-youngest player if he features across the international break, having been called up to replace James Ward-Prowse ahead of their games with the Republic of Ireland, Belgium and Iceland.His debut would come barely 15 months after he made his first senior appearance, against League One side Portsmouth, in a Carabao Cup game wearing the shirt of his boyhood club Birmingham City, and in the process becoming the youngest player in the club’s history.His route to the first team had been impressively fast, but no great surprise to his then-manager Pep Clotet, who was first taken aback by the quality of the midfielder while watching him feature for the club’s academy a year earlier
Bellingham was immediately moved up to the club’s U23 side where, in what was no huge surprise, he scored on his debut and continued to excel, before soon beginning to attract attention from further afield.
Still six months from his first-team bow, his name first entered the public eye when was featured in FourFourTwo‘s ’50 most exciting teenagers in English football’ in February 2019, but inside St Andrew’s, there had long been excitement about his huge potential.”From the first time I saw him for the U18s, straight away you could see he had an incredible talent on him,” Clotet told Sky Sports News. “You could see he was a huge complete player already, and obviously his level and talent was above the level he was playin
Ex-Birmingham City boss Pep Clotet on Jude Bellingham’s impressive rise: “From the first time I saw him for the U18s, straight away you could see he had an incredible talent on him. You could see straight away he was going to be a big playFormer Birmingham manager Pep Clotet says he never hesitated in making England new boy Jude Bellingham Birmingham’s youngest ever player, ahead of the 17-year-old’s possible Three Lions bow on Thursday nightBellingham could become England’s third-youngest player if he features across the international break, having been called up to replace James Ward-Prowse ahead of their games with the Republic of Ireland, Belgium and Iceland.His debut would come barely 15 months after he made his first senior appearance, against League One side Portsmouth, in a Carabao Cup game wearing the shirt of his boyhood club Birmingham City, and in the process becoming the youngest player in the club’s history.His route to the first team had been impressively fast, but no great surprise to his then-manager Pep Clotet, who was first taken aback by the quality of the midfielder while watching him feature for the club’s academy a year earlier
Bellingham was immediately moved up to the club’s U23 side where, in what was no huge surprise, he scored on his debut and continued to excel, before soon beginning to attract attention from further afield.
Still six months from his first-team bow, his name first entered the public eye when was featured in FourFourTwo‘s ’50 most exciting teenagers in English football’ in February 2019, but inside St Andrew’s, there had long been excitement about his huge potential.”From the first time I saw him for the U18s, straight away you could see he had an incredible talent on him,” Clotet told Sky Sports News. “You could see he was a huge complete player already, and obviously his level and talent was above the level he was playin
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