Did we though? Everyone saw Trent & Jude hanging out and assumed he was trying to charm him to Anfield. But it's more likely it was the other way around! Bellingham was just on a fan wish like, same way Mbappe was. It was only ever fan speculation that started rumours.
They’ll introduce him to LA, they’ll do the private jet super version. They’ll talk about his legacy, his long term brand. They’ll convince him he can end up with a shoe brand like Michael Jordan.
The truth is that white shirt can open huge doors for his future.
There's also the other side of the happy shiny dream. He's not one of them. He is, and always will be, an outsider. And if he thinks he lives in a fishbowl right now where he's under constant scrutiny... well, he ain't seen NOTHING yet.
Look what they did to Gareth Bale. Played there for years & then as soon as his performance dropped off a bit the media refused to speak to him in English! Then every headline was about how his Spanish was crap! Imagine the backlash if British media did that for a foreign player not learning english
Think they are harsher on players from over here than they might be on Spanish players. But how they treated Bale should stand as warning To Trent how not just the fans but the media the whole lot can turn on you.
Yeah. There will be a magnifying glass on him like no one else because of how long he’s been courted.
Any misstep, any wayward back pass, any missed challenge, defensive header in the box will be examined like nowhere else.
We are massively forgiving and supportive. That’s gone.
They have been courting him via Bellingham for ages. But yeah here at least with those of us that get everyone has a off day he could be forgiven odd off game. But there they will utterly crucify him. Good luck to him he'll need it.
Yeah. It’s like being Royalty. The “estate” becomes the person and the person can know longer be free, they’re ultimately beholden to the perception that people have of the brand.
Dire Straits did it right, six albums, blew up, hated fame, retired from public life to a large extent.
That white shirt may open some doors for him, but it's also closed a huge one behind him! He'll not be welcomed back, he'll be a bigger pariah than Owen just from the way this has happened. Hope his money makes him happy because in 10 years time that may be all he has!
That's very true. Plus if it does go badly for him he will just be another player. Whereas at Liverpool. Time will tell but the pressure is going to be huge and he will need to hit the ground running or his time there will be hell.
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The truth is that white shirt can open huge doors for his future.
Any misstep, any wayward back pass, any missed challenge, defensive header in the box will be examined like nowhere else.
We are massively forgiving and supportive. That’s gone.
Dire Straits did it right, six albums, blew up, hated fame, retired from public life to a large extent.
Fuck. When he starts playing it’s like he’s got extra fingers. It’s the most off putting thing I’ve ever seen if you want to learn guitar.
I think he will regret it. But Madrid are so good at it. It’s a polished machine, they’ll have shown him so much and promised so much.
I found him posing with his top off and the shirt on the corner flag contrived at the time, now it looks so cheesy.
He’s a brand now.