England midfielder Kalvin Phillips has told reporters he would prefer to have Liverpool target Jude Bellingham over Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, ahead of his country’s World Cup quarter-final tie against France.
The £49,000-a-week wonderkid has lit up proceedings in Qatar with his all-encompassing displays.
In the Three Lions’ latest 3-0 drubbing of Senegal, Bellingham was far and away the best player on the pitch.