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Libero 061 | England's Jude Bellingham Problem

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Libero

Sports, Soccer, Society & Culture

4.9867 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Jude Bellingham is seen as England's biggest star, which is why it's very glaring that Thomas Tuchel has broken with decades of protocol and left the Real Madrid man out of his latest squad. Amid talks of the need for squad harmony and the manager's previous comments about Bellingham "intimidating" teammates, there's clearly more to his absence than fitness. Is Tuchel just laying down the law? Or is there an actual danger of Bellingham missing out on the World Cup? Three men who know a thing or two about giant egos, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Jonathan Wilson and Miguel Delaney, discuss this, England's historical, craven need to pick the big names players at any cost and who is actually the national team's current 'best' player. P1: (00:14) P2: (36:21) Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via liberopodcast0@gmail.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod Follow us on X @podcast_libero Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram @liberopod Follow us on TikTok @liberopod Follow us on Facebook @liberopod Music: Kid Kodi - Blue Dot Sessions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Libero, the podcast about the most important of the least important things, as Alph Ramsey said to a tearful Jimmy Greaves in 1966.

0:13.0

My name is Jack Pitbrook, and I'm joined today by the, they've been called the Frank Lampard and Stephen Gerard of Wonsworth, Jonathan Wilson and

0:22.0

Miguel Delaney. Only one can go at the same time. They can't get the best out of each other

0:26.6

if you're both there. In fact, you could also say you're the Phil Bellingham, Phil Bellingham and

0:32.0

Phil Foden of Onsworth. This is such a bungled intro already, or even the John Terry and Rio

0:38.4

Ferdinand. You guys have represented sort of golden generation vibe on this podcast, don't you think?

0:44.0

Two men, massive clashing egos, club rivalries. Ultimately, the challenge of Libera is a challenge

0:49.5

of the golden generation. Can we get the best out of each other? Let's not forget, I was a, I'm a veteran of Barden-Barden. I was there amid the nonsense.

0:57.7

I was dancing on tales of Ellen Rivers. I wasn't.

1:02.0

Where were you for the 2006 World Cup, Miguel?

1:04.4

Actually, where I am now, which is my parents' house back in Ireland.

1:09.0

Where it will not be actually when this podcast comes out, but yes.

1:14.1

And Miguel, you're currently wearing a,

1:16.2

what to me looks like a Steve

1:18.6

at Manor-Meneer around Madrid shirt?

1:20.9

It is the 99-2000 around Madrid shirt.

1:23.4

Part of a theme, I suppose, I've got

1:24.8

going lately, yeah, we've just got a

1:27.0

different kit for each year, preferably a retro kit for each year. Jonathan, when you see that shirt, which player do you associate it with? Um, Figo, maybe, I don't know. It was a shirt they wore when they won the championship. In the final in 2000? Yeah, two months before they signed Figo Oh, okay Yeah, yeah I would associate with Raoul, Anelca, Moriencennes Yeah I forgot they had Anelka Redondo Actually, many people associate Redondo more with a black one After the back deal At Manchester United I'm a kit person. I don't really care of a kit.

2:02.3

Really?

2:03.2

Yeah, it just doesn't bother me.

2:05.9

I remember modern kits.

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