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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Matthew Holt

Steven Gerrard claim made as Premier League legend hails Jude Bellingham World Cup showings

Jude Bellingham has been likened to former Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard by a former Premier League midfielder.

Bellingham, 19, has been arguably England's standout performer so far in Qatar, as Gareth Southgate's men prepare to take on France in Saturday's quarter-final showdown. The Borussia Dortmund man has long been linked with a move to Merseyside, with some now suggesting the Reds are leading the way in their pursuit to sign him.

With the German club said to be holding out for a fee in excess of £100m, Jurgen Klopp's side are in desperate need of midfield reinforcements, none more so is evident than the signing of Arthur Melo from Juventus on loan in the summer.

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