Why Bellingham's better off in Spain
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 18 October 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
As England secured their place at Euro 2024, we watched on in awe at another Jude Bellingham masterclass - is there a better player in world football right now?
And as England boss Gareth Southgate continues to bristle at questions over his team selection and along culture war lines - has the manager’s more 'combative' character, changed how you feel about him?
Adam Leventhal is joined by The Athletic’s England correspondent Tim Spiers and reporter Adam Crafton to discuss...
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:08.4 | So England have won their qualifying group and booked their place at Euro 20204 with a couple of games to spare. |
| 0:15.6 | Kane has got there ahead of Scaloney. |
| 0:18.8 | Can he finish it as well? Of course he can. |
| 0:21.9 | A captain's performance from Harry Kane, |
| 0:23.9 | but once again, the focus was on Jude Bellingham |
| 0:26.5 | and his standing in world football at the moment. |
| 0:29.4 | Is there a better midfielder right now? |
| 0:32.1 | 20 years old, I was still drinking the milk for my mom. |
| 0:36.0 | This guy is so huge. |
| 0:38.2 | I'm very impressed. |
| 0:41.6 | And as Gareth Southgate continues to bristle at questions over his team selection, |
| 0:46.6 | does the manager's more combative character change how you feel about him? |
| 0:51.0 | I'm Adam Leventhal. |
| 0:52.1 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:56.5 | The question he wanted to know was, if I move here, are you going to automatically rule me out? |
| 1:01.4 | Will we be stupid to do that? Why would we rule any player out just based on where they're playing? |
| 1:09.9 | Okay, on the way, we're going to be assessing Garris Southgate's approach on and off the field |
| 1:14.7 | during this international break, aside from achieving his and England's number one target |
| 1:19.5 | of getting to the Euros. |
| 1:21.5 | Joining me in the studio today is the Athletics England correspondent Tim Spears, who was |
| 1:27.0 | at Wembley for the 3-1 win over Italy. |
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