A former Liverpool player has slammed Jude Bellingham and accused him of thinking he's better than his England teammates.
On Sunday evening England will take on Spain in the final of Euro 2024 looking to become European champions for the very first time.
England have underwhelmed in Germany despite receiving a 'favourable' route to the final in Berlin.
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Yet despite not playing well, Gareth Southgate's side have produced a series of clutch moments that have led them to the brink of history.
Jude Bellingham has been at the centre of three of those moments.
The 21-year-old midfielder scored England's first goal of the tournament in the opening game win against Serbia, before producing a stunning injury-time bicycle kick to pull his side back from the brink of round-of-16 elimination to Slovakia.
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He then scored England's second penalty in the quarter-final shootout defeat of Switzerland.
In all, the Real Madrid star has featured in all but 19 minutes of England's Euro 2024 campaign.
Yet one former Liverpool player is not impressed.
Markus Babbel, a former Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Germany star who played in the 1990s and 2000s, slammed Bellingham in an interview with NewBettingOffers.co.uk, via Mail Sport.
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"I'm not sure what Jude Bellingham's best position is, because he's running everywhere. I have a feeling that he is now starting to think that he's a superstar.
"And I don't like this attitude. You don't see it from players like say Bukayo Saka or Jamal Musiala. With Bellingham, if you touch him a little bit, he's always diving, always falling down. His body language is not good when things are not going the right way for him in games.
"Bellingham is now 21 and everyone respects him because he is a natural leader but I worry that he thinks the players around him are not good enough.
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"He should show his leadership on the pitch and do everything he can to win the game but also recognise that everyone on the team is important.
"Bellingham can handle the pressure – he joined Real Madrid and went on to win La Liga and the Champions League. "But he doesn't look like the same player in an England shirt – there are so many things going on in his head and he might be finding it hard to motivate himself for games against smaller nations, such as Serbia and Slovakia.
"I really hope when the tournament is finished, he has a holiday and thinks: 'Hey, maybe Markus Babbel is not wrong'."
Topics: Jude Bellingham, Liverpool, England, Euro 2024, Spain, Football
Alex Brotherton