WELCOME
England may not have won the World Cup in December, but a new star was born as Jude Bellingham announced himself on the global stage. His performances as a 16-year-old for Birmingham in the Championship caught the attention of Borussia Dortmund in 2020, and since then he’s shone for the German giants in the Bundesliga and the Champions League. If anyone had missed the teenager’s remarkable rise, though, he made the rest of the world sit up and take notice in Qatar. Still only 19, Bellingham has the world at his feet, and every top club on the planet will be scrambling for his signature if he moves this summer – we speak to the people who know Jude best and have watched his ascent from close quarters. We also…