'I was there when Jude Bellingham first emerged – what he did was f***ing frightening'
Gabriel Negreanu
Former Birmingham City captain Harlee Dean couldn't believe the raw talent Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham showed during his early days at St Andrew's. After moving from hometown Stourbridge Juniors to play for the Blues' academy sides, Bellingham was always fast-tracked in progression . At 14, he was an under-18 regular; at 15, the under-23's witnessed his talent. It became an inevitability that the midfielder would one-day breakthrough, and that sliding-door moment came against Stoke City in
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