- Jude Bellingham has been well below his brilliant record in the last two games
- Mail Sport’s experts discuss whether he should be left out of the last 16
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Is it time for an awkward conversation about Jude Bellingham?
The Real Madrid star started Euro 2024 as England’s big hope, scoring the opening goal of the tournament against Serbia, but has remained very quiet since.
Gareth Southgate’s side topped the group and played Slovakia in the last 16 despite insipid draws against Denmark and Slovenia, and now the manager has a real selection headache.
In today’s episode of It’s All Kicking Off, Ian Ladyman and Chris Sutton discuss whether the manager should do the unthinkable and drop Bellingham on Sunday.
They also talk about England ending up in the ‘easy’ half of the draw and wonder whether it is wrong for Southgate to take all the criticism of England’s negative displays.
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Jude Bellingham (centre) has cut a frustrated figure and was far from his best