Improving teen shows he’s the Real deal

Player Profile: Sunderland midfielder Jobe Bellingham
By Chris Dunlavy
He looks like his brother. He moves like his brother. And while he may never hit the stratospheric heights of his famous sibling, it has not stopped Real Madrid keeping a beady eye on Jobe Bellingham.
Los Blancos sent their chief scout to watch the 18-year-old play for England’s Under-19 side during the October international break, raising the tantalising prospect of a Bellingham reunion at the Bernabeu.
Sunderland, however, can probably rest easy. Though a mainstay in Tony Mowbray’s midfield and improving rapidly, Belling...

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