Bellingham backed
Jude Bellingham has the support of Simon Jordan and Rio Ferdinand after Thomas Tuchel said his mother finds some of the player’s behaviour ‘repulsive’.
The England manager made the comments in an hour long interview when speaking about channelling Bellingham’s passion in the right way.
Speaking in his second language, Tuchel’s ‘repulsive’ comment was picked up by the world media without the necessary context.
But Ferdinand thinks his attitude is important either way.
“You want characters like that, if England went into a game without characters that are willing to pull people up and demand off others we won’t win anything,” the Manchester United legend said.
“Jude Bellingham has shown he can go to different teams, countries and environments and be successful, he’s someone you want. Yeah you can curb it here and there, but you don’t take it out of him.”
Jordan can’t understand why there’s a focus on the negatives, adding: “In a competitive midfield player there’s going to be situations where red cards are going to come.
“I don’t understand why we’ve got this elite footballer and there’s a focus on aspects of what he doesn’t do or what people don’t like.
“I’m more interested on Jude Bellingham being effective on the field, I’m not interested in Jude Bellingham maybe having a flashpoint every now and again.
“It’s wonderful that he’s English and rather than zeroing in on what’s wrong, he’s playing for the biggest club in world football and there don’t seem to be any complaints coming out of Madrid.”
Gabby Agbonlahor added his thoughts, saying: “He’s not meaning repulsive in that way, any of our mothers would say the same, he’s just being honest and I love it.
“Bellingham and him are probably laughing about it.”
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