{"id":292355,"date":"2023-10-20T00:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T00:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=292355"},"modified":"2023-10-20T00:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T00:25:07","slug":"wayne-rooney-says-jude-bellingham-can-be-one-of-englands-best-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/wayne-rooney-says-jude-bellingham-can-be-one-of-englands-best-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Rooney says Jude Bellingham can be one of England&apos;s best players"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Wayne Rooney says Jude Bellingham has the potential to be one of England&#8217;s best ever players&#8230; but warns the midfielder, 20, will need protecting if his form dips\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wayne Rooney believes the sky is the limit for Blues prodigy Jude Bellingham<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The midfielder enhanced his reputation with a stellar performance against Italy\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wayne Rooney has backed Jude Bellingham to be England&#8217;s next captain on his way to becoming one of football&#8217;s all-time greats.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham is England&#8217;s most exciting player since Rooney made his international debut as a 17-year-old, with the Real Madrid star enhancing his reputation with another stellar performance in the 3-1 win over Italy at Wembley on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney is now in charge of Birmingham, where Bellingham was moulded as a footballer. He believes the sky is the limit for the Blues prodigy but warned he must be supported properly when difficult times come.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Jude has the potential to be one of the best if not the best if he keeps going the way he is going,&#8217; said former international skipper Rooney, who won 120 caps. &#8216;We have to really support him because in my eyes he is a future captain of England.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He has really impressed with how he handles himself, how he speaks, how he is on the pitch. He plays as a leader already at 20. He is someone we need to protect and look after for the future of England.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/22\/76774973-0-image-a-31_1697752335686.jpg\" height=\"458\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jude Bellingham enhanced his reputation with another stellar performance against Italy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/00\/76775011-12651495-Wayne_Rooney_is_now_in_charge_of_Birmingham_where_Bellingham_was-a-67_1697759498562.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wayne\u00a0Rooney is now in charge of Birmingham, where Bellingham was moulded as a player<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s difficult for a young player when you have a dip in form or issues off the pitch, it&#8217;s difficult to blank that noise out. He&#8217;s at Real Madrid. One bad game, they can be on you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There&#8217;s a lot of pressure playing for England as well so it&#8217;s important he is close to the people around him and simplifies things. He&#8217;s in the form of his life. If he does dip, let&#8217;s all get behind him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is 20 but he has probably had the career of a 24-25-year-old with the number of big games he&#8217;s played.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The most important thing for him is to enjoy it and keep enjoying it.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rooney takes charge of his first game as Blues boss tomorrow\/on Saturday, against Middlesbrough &#8211; with his former Manchester United team-mate Michael Carrick in the opposite dugout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/00\/76724571-12651495-image-a-68_1697759595638.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bellingham broke on to the scene at Birmingham before moving to Borussia Dortmund in 2020<\/p>\n<p>The pair remain close friends and Rooney revealed Carrick consulted him before deciding to take the Boro job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But their rapport will mean nothing for two hours at the Riverside.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney added: &#8216;We have special memories of our playing days but I want to beat him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t want to see him smiling at 5pm on Saturday. But of course there is great respect and it would be nice to have a good chat after the game, whatever the result.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12651495\/Wayne-Rooney-says-Jude-Bellingham-potential-one-Englands-best-players-warns-midfielder-20-need-protecting-form-dips.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Wayne Rooney says Jude Bellingham has the potential to be one of England&#8217;s best ever players&#8230; 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