On-loan Chelsea defender Jake Clarke-Salter has raved about the club’s reported transfer target, Jude Bellingham, hailing the ‘unbelievable’ midfielder as the best player in training at Birmingham.
Frank Lampard knows that he needs to keep adding to his side during the summer transfer window as he needs to take this to the next stage and get us challenging for more than a top four spot and Champions League money, Roman Abramovic wants to be challenging for titles.
Bellingham had been expected to sign for United this summer after it was revealed that Red Devils chiefs gave the 16-year-old a tour of the club’s Carrington training ground earlier in the season, but reports claim that we have held talks with the gifted lad.
Birmingham could hold out for as much as £50m for Bellingham, who has established himself as a mainstay in the Championship side this season, as the youngster has scored four goals and provided three assists in 32 league appearances for the St Andrews club.
Defender Clarke- Salter, currently on loan at Birmingham, has seen firsthand what Bellingham is capable of this season and sung the praises of his ‘unbelievable’ team-mate during a Q&A on Tuesday night. ‘For me, the best player in training is Jude Bellingham,’ he said on the Metro
‘For someone so young, what he does in training sometimes is unbelievable.’
Yes he may be brilliant, yes he may be unbelievable and yes he may be tipped for the top. But wasting (Sorry spending) that amount of money on a talent that needs time is not really the kind of statement we need to make an impact on the Premier League next season is it? One for the future, not for now!