{"id":294212,"date":"2023-11-04T23:26:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T23:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294212"},"modified":"2023-11-04T23:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T23:26:38","slug":"bellinghams-father-mark-is-known-for-being-tough-negotiator-as-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/bellinghams-father-mark-is-known-for-being-tough-negotiator-as-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellingham&apos;s father Mark is known for being tough negotiator as agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jude Bellingham&#8217;s father Mark was a fearsome non-league striker&#8230; now he&#8217;s known as a tough negotiator who is outwitted by nobody after becoming Real Madrid star&#8217;s agent<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mark Bellingham went from clinical non-league scorer to respected agent\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He has earned a reputation as a tough negotiator guiding career of son Jude\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big debates on Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ball bounced into a little space in midfield. Stand off him at your peril. One touch, turn. One touch, set. One touch&#8230; screamer into the back of the net. He wasn\u2019t finished yet, but when Jude Bellingham scored the first of his two goals against Barcelona, he was confirming himself as the top scorer in all Spain.<\/p>\n<p>But not, as it turns out, top scorer in his own house. Behind Bellingham \u2014 and his barnstorming rise to global fame \u2014 is a little-known goalscoring machine. His father, former police officer Mark.<\/p>\n<p>Along with his mother, Denise, the Bellinghams (including younger son, Sunderland\u2019s Jobe) are a hot topic in football circles, acting as agents and steering their family on a journey from Dudley, home of Lenny Henry and James Whale, to the Bernabeu, home of Puskas, Zidane and galacticos galore.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas most international footballers of repute are elite clients within international football agencies, Bellingham has his mum and dad.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Bellingham had built a fearsome reputation as a non-League striker, scoring more than 700 goals across 25 years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/21\/77409865-0-image-m-89_1699134270252.jpg\" height=\"507\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Behind the fame of Jude Bellingham is a little-known goalscoring machine &#8211; his dad Mark<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/21\/77410323-0-image-m-99_1699134726442.jpg\" height=\"643\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/21\/77410325-0-image-a-100_1699134732411.jpg\" height=\"643\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Bellingham (L) might be lighting up LaLiga this season, but his dad (R) scored more than 700 goals in non-league<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Where once he terrified defenders across the amateur game in several Midlands outposts, now Mark has the respect of the most significant figures in world football. Whether facing a centre-back from Fairfield Villa or Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, Bellingham Snr is outwitted by nobody. Every move is planned with painstaking care.<\/p>\n<p>With Jude, at 20, already the heartbeat of England, the Bellingham family are now one of the most powerful in football. Last week Jude won the Kopa Award for the world\u2019s best young player. It feels inevitable the senior award, the Ballon d\u2019Or, will follow.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid agreed to pay \u00a3113million for Bellingham when they fought off Premier League clubs to sign him from Borussia Dortmund last summer. The Madrid No 5 has a deal with fashion house Gucci and has the potential to match the off-field earnings of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Every marketing chief wants a part of Brand Bellingham and at this rate he will be English football\u2019s brightest crossover star since David Beckham.<\/p>\n<p>All the top English clubs wanted him from the moment he made his debut for Birmingham aged 16 but the Bellinghams had other ideas. Why accept the soap opera of English football when Jude could gain top-level experience abroad, away from the UK spotlight?<\/p>\n<p>That is why they chose Borussia Dortmund over Manchester United in 2020. That is why last summer they looked beyond the Premier League and went for Real Madrid. The decision to dodge England\u2019s top flight is known to be part of the family\u2019s strategy to protect Jude\u2019s mental well-being, given the obvious attention he would receive. Who knows if Bellingham will ever play in the Premier League at all?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is the club [Real] I want to be at for the next 10 to 15 years,\u2019 he said after inspiring England to victory over Italy at Wembley last month. \u2018I am loving it there.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/21\/77409867-0-image-a-90_1699134288188.jpg\" height=\"586\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Bellingham family are one of the most powerful in football after guiding his career from Birmingham to Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p>His parents have guided his every step and, so far, they are nailing it. Fiercely protective they may be but who can criticise when this is the outcome? This is not unique behaviour. Formula One star Lewis Hamilton had father Anthony at the centre of his sporting world and it was the same for three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray with mother Judy.<\/p>\n<p>It all started in far quieter surroundings, however, as Jude and Jobe stood on the sidelines watching their father score goal after goal.<\/p>\n<p>During spells with at least 20 clubs, Mark Bellingham eventually passed the 700 mark. Even though he was renowned as a penalty-box predator, the landmark strike actually came from a free-kick.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve started to score a lot more tap-ins,\u2019 Bellingham said in an interview with the Non-League Paper after reaching his target with Midland League Division Two side Paget Rangers in September 2016. \u2018I needed 38 goals last season (to reach 700) but got to 36 and was banned for the last game. With two needed to reach 700, it felt like there was unfinished business.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham was a sergeant for West Midlands Police and though a fine semi-pro player, he never progressed to the professional ranks. He suffered two serious knee injuries and also had to combine football with his education and then his job.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t know how he did it,\u2019 Jason Cadden, who managed Bellingham at Leamington in 2009, has said. \u2018In evening games, the full-time whistle would blow and you\u2019d see Mark sprint off. He\u2019d jump in the shower, get in his car and start his police shift at 10pm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/21\/77409869-0-image-a-91_1699134296943.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mark (R) &#8211; who also worked as a policeman &#8211; shut off recruiters and agents who came calling<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He made goalscoring look simple. I\u2019m sure he\u2019d have done the same in the Conference, League Two, maybe higher.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mark\u2019s journey began for East Thurrock against Horsham YMCA in August 1994, when he hit his first goal, and he simply kept going.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005-06, Mark scored an astonishing 61 goals for Stourbridge, a record that still stands. \u2018He could have played much higher,\u2019 was the opinion of Gary Hackett, Mark\u2019s former team-mate and manager. \u2018But Mark is a highly intelligent lad and probably realised his prospects were better in the police.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The spell at Leamington brought 79 goals in 87 matches, including six hat-tricks.<\/p>\n<p>The article in the Non-League Paper after his 700th goal is one of the few examples of the intensely private Mark speaking on record.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m 40 now so I think this season will probably be my last,\u2019 he said. More important business awaited.<\/p>\n<p>Abrupt. Difficult. Straight. Three words you\u2019ll often hear in football to describe Mark Bellingham.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/21\/77410253-0-image-a-92_1699134555645.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mark, together with wife Denise (R), have had a specific vision for their son in the game\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, as Jude\u2019s stock began to soar, recruiters across Europe shifted into gear.<\/p>\n<p>The phone numbers of various heads of recruitment would be passed to Jude, who\u2019d hand them to Mark. He didn\u2019t take kindly to that.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport has seen one message sent to a leading European transfer administrator in which Mark makes clear his disdain at how his son had received his number.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Mark was intrigued. His son was outgrowing Birmingham and it would have been self-defeating to shut the door on growing interest.<\/p>\n<p>Not that those on the other end of the phone ever felt Mark was willing to veer from the path he\u2019d envisioned for his son.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Mark is open to listening \u2014 but will then tell you how it\u2019s going to be,\u2019 said one technical director.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Through Mark, Jude has had two great places to learn,\u2019 said another source. \u2018When it looked like he was getting too big for Dortmund, he moves to the biggest club in the world.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/21\/77410279-0-image-a-93_1699134604145.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was clear Bellingham was beginning to outgrow Birmingham, so Mark found him the next best place to learn<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, if it hadn\u2019t been for Mark, Jude could well have been playing for Arsenal at Newcastle on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>In Jude\u2019s Under-14 year at Birmingham, the midfielder and his parents were treated to a tour of London Colney, spending around three hours at their training complex. Arsenal believed they could sign Jude for \u00a3500,000 and the Bellinghams left Hertfordshire expecting the club to make an offer.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal decided to watch Jude one final time on the Saturday before submitting the offer on Monday morning. Too late.<\/p>\n<p>By the time Arsenal submitted their bid, Mark had decided his son was re-signing with Birmingham, citing his belief the north London club had misled them about the timing of the offer.<\/p>\n<p>Jude was barely into his teens by the time scouts were marvelling at how he would glide through midfield in games against older boys.<\/p>\n<p>He was chosen for England\u2019s Under-15 squad aged 13 and kept a diary of the training camp. \u2018I knew I was in for a special experience,\u2019 he wrote, marvelling at \u2018the crisp, spectacular pitches\u2019 at St George\u2019s Park.<\/p>\n<p>During his only season in English football, Bellingham made 44 Championship appearances, while earning a scholar\u2019s wage of \u00a3145 per week. \u2018The best player in training every day,\u2019 says Harlee Dean, the captain in that 2019-20 campaign. \u2018I said he was one of the most complete footballers I had seen,\u2019 recalls Pep Clotet, manager at the time. \u2018Maybe I didn\u2019t go far enough.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>By then the agents and promoters were making their representations to the family but none was successful. Why ask someone else to do what the family was already handling rather impressively?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A nice guy \u2014 always polite and friendly,\u2019 said one senior football figure when asked about Mark. \u2018Fierce negotiator and a really shrewd operator,\u2019 remarked another.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/21\/77410327-0-image-a-101_1699134806756.jpg\" height=\"902\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bellingham &#8211; pictured with Mark as a baby &#8211; had scouts marvelling at his ball-carrying technique<\/p>\n<p>It was always going to be Dortmund. The family had studied the club closely and liked the opportunities they gave to young players, such as Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland \u2014 who became friends with Bellingham in Germany. They liked the idea of Jude going straight into the first team and playing high-level matches in front of more than 80,000 fans at one of the world\u2019s most atmospheric stadiums.<\/p>\n<p>From earning \u00a3145 a week, Jude suddenly had a \u00a32.6m annual salary to look forward to \u2014 he was still a year from his 18th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Denise moved to Germany with her son in those early months, living in an apartment a short distance from Dortmund\u2019s training ground.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham was keen to learn German and during his first pre-season was having lessons three times a week. Bellingham understood most instructions and his conversational German improved. He adapted well and developed a taste for schnitzel, a thin slice of veal in breadcrumbs.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham quickly became Dortmund\u2019s best midfielder and the transfer went so well that they considered signing Jobe too, and continue to monitor him.<\/p>\n<p>Word quickly spread that Bellingham Snr had taken it upon himself to call Gareth Southgate to discuss his son\u2019s progress at international level.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/21\/77410383-0-image-a-102_1699134816620.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bellingham&#8217;s family knew they would choose Dortmund as his next destination after being impressed at how they breeded youngsters<\/p>\n<h3>AND BROTHER JOBE IS PRETTY GOOD TOO!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>Scouting report on Jobe playing for Birmingham at Sunderland last season:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Looks exactly the same as his brother. 6ft 1in, has natural athleticism. He\u2019s got the same feel for the ball \u2014 intentions are always positive, lovely mover, confident and assured \u2014 a box-to-box midfielder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He looks very bright, less arrogance and swagger than his brother had at the same stage \u2014 looks a bit more of a worker and thinker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2018There was almost a disbelief about it all. Gareth was taken aback by it, too,\u2019 said an England insider. \u2018We all knew that could not become a regular occurrence.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The shock call is indicative of Mark\u2019s unquenchable thirst to leave no stone unturned for the betterment of his son.<\/p>\n<p>To this day, Mark continues to exert his influence on Jude\u2019s media commitments, all symptomatic of the loving control Mark \u2014 and Denise \u2014 have on their son\u2019s career.<\/p>\n<p>Though it would be unfair to compare the brothers, Jobe is making impressive progress. He wears \u2018Jobe\u2019 rather than \u2018Bellingham\u2019 on his shirt, but the parallels are hard to avoid. Both trained with the first team at Birmingham while still at school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both showed the same quiet confidence that impressed senior players. Both were athletic, technical midfielders, though the young Jobe played as a No 10, with Jude a box-to-box midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>As attentive to Jobe\u2019s career as they are to Jude\u2019s, the family concluded that leaving Birmingham was the way for Jobe to develop as rapidly as possible. Sunderland has proved yet another smart choice. Jobe has two goals and an assist in 14 games for the Championship club, who he joined on June 14. That same day, Jude made the move that would change their lives.<\/p>\n<p>As Bellingham was presented as a Real Madrid player for the first time at the club\u2019s training ground, there were his parents and brother in the front row. Mark beamed while Denise took photos.<\/p>\n<p>A number of agents would have been watching those images wistfully, wishing they had been able to enjoy a piece of the cake. No chance. From day one, this has been a family affair.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The role my mum is playing is massive,\u2019 Jude said at that unveiling. \u2018It is probably the biggest role of anyone, more than my coaches and managers.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Though he lives in the exclusive La Finca neighbourhood in the west of the city, Bellingham is already taking a different path from two recent successful exports to Madrid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/21\/77410467-0-image-a-104_1699134992502.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bellingham has got stuck into life in Spain, quickly learning the language and sparkling on the pitch\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By the end of his four years in Spain, David Beckham was speaking workmanlike Spanish and while Gareth Bale insisted he had a grasp of the language, he rarely used it in public.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Bellingham has got stuck in, with team-mates Lucas Vazquez and Joselu his teachers.<\/p>\n<p>On the pitch, Bellingham has been outstanding, scoring twice at Barcelona to secure victory for Madrid in El Clasico. Off it \u2014 of course \u2014 his family have not missed a beat.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They are playing the football world at its own game,\u2019 remarked one experienced observer. 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