When Gareth Southgate was discussing the progress of Jude Bellingham the other day, he listed the number of positions the teenager had played in this season.
It went on and on and on and on. But safe to say, wherever Bellingham is deployed on a football field, he is some player. There were so many flashes of his brilliance here, you understand why Liverpool and Real Madrid already appear to have put markers down for when he decides to move on from Borussia Dortmund.
Every player at this elite level has a deep well of confidence, obviously. But even allowing for the cockiness of youth, it is still startling to see an 18-year-old so self-assured. In a recent Europa League game against Rangers, he was so self-assured he felt entitled to give a team-mate 10 years his senior an almighty telling-off.
