Liverpool's admiration for Jude Bellingham might be one of the worst-kept secrets in football. But it may count for nothing if they don't qualify for the Champions League this season.
That's the view of former Blackburn Rovers and Celtic striker Chris Sutton, who has offered his verdict on the clear relationship between Bellingham and Liverpool's World Cup England representatives, which evidently blossomed in Qatar.
Despite Borussia Dortmund being rumoured to want in excess of £100m to let the 19-year-old move back to England, the Reds continue to be considered favourites to land the Birmingham City academy graduate's signature. But Sutton believes that making it into Europe's elite club competition is the minimum requirement to get the teenage midfielder, who starred for England in the recent World Cup in Qatar, to Anfield.
