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\u201cHe\u2019s definitely got leadership qualities,\u201d Southgate said. \u201cThe great thing in this group is our senior players are such good leaders, we\u2019ve got six or seven who are incredible.\u201d Among them are former Tottenham pair Kyle Walker and Kieran Trippier, two northern lads an entire decade older than Bellingham, very much a product of the Midlands.<\/p>\n
Yet they are the two figures Bellingham tends to gravitate towards in that awkward St George\u2019s Park environment where he does not even have club team-mates to lean upon during downtime. \u201cThe two full-backs who played tonight are incredible characters for us, real unsung heroes, and they set a brilliant leadership example around the place,\u201d Southgate said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere Jude\u2019s bright enough, is to attach himself to those sorts of characters. The people you mix with, the people you hang around with in life, probably are a good indicator of where you\u2019re going to end up. He\u2019s really savvy at that.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think his whole life and how his family have looked after him have given him a great start but there\u2019s still a lot to go.\u201d He is travelling along the road quickly. By banging them in for Real Madrid at 20, right now he is already the standout player of the season at the world\u2019s most star-struck club.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest thing is he\u2019ll be opened to different life experiences that are going to help his game,\u201d the England manager said. \u201cYou can work with world-class players in some English clubs, but the club he\u2019s at, the expectation is the biggest club in the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe will be learning from some outstanding players. Playing against different tactical systems, different sorts of problems. It\u2019s for all of us to make sure we\u2019re helping him in the right way, pushing him at the right times, helping him with the bits of his game that can get better. But also allowing him to flourish as he did at Hampden.\u201d<\/p>\n