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Evening Standard
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Nizaar Kinsella

Why Jude Bellingham, England’s complete midfielder, can be the World Cup 2022 breakout star

Jude Bellingham has been given the No22 shirt for the World Cup— and behind that number lies the story of a player who could be England’s breakout star of the tournament.

The midfielder was one of the kids in Birmingham City’s academy fighting over the No10 shirt when youth coach Mike Dodds had an ingenious solution. “We think you can be a 22,” he told a young Bellingham.

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