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DUNCAN AND JUDE: Jon Wakeham looks at the impact of two precocious players who sparked for club and country at a young age

Jon Wakeham explores the striking similarities between Jude Bellingham and Duncan Edwards, two exceptional West Midlands talents who made their mark for club and country as teenagers.

If this summer’s World Cup has shown us anything, it’s proved that England now have another player as indispensable as Harry Kane.

Jude Bellingham finally found his place on the world stage in the USA and Mexico this summer.
His seven goals, irresistible performances and magnetic personality made him one of the players of the tournament.
For all the chatter around his inclusion, or not, in the squad before the tournament, surely there was never any doubt whether Thomas Tuchel would select him.
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And Tuchel certainly got the best out of Bellingham with the player replicating the sort...

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