Jude Bellingham: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp praises 'exceptional' player

Jude Bellingham built-up a beardown enslaved with Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson astatine the Qatar World Cup

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has described England midfielder Jude Bellingham arsenic "exceptional".

Bellingham has repeatedly been linked with a big-money determination to Liverpool and European champions Real Madrid.

"I don't similar to speech astir wealth erstwhile you speech astir a subordinate similar him," said Klopp earlier Liverpool's distant lucifer against Aston Villa connected Monday.

"Everyone tin spot helium is conscionable exceptional."

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Bellingham moved to Dortmund from Birmingham City aged 17 successful 2020 and has captained the Bundesliga broadside this season.

He made his World Cup debut successful Qatar, scoring successful England's opening 6-2 triumph against Iran and was 1 of his team's standout performers astatine the tournament.

Klopp, who had a seven-year spell arsenic Dortmund manager earlier joining Liverpool successful 2015, added: "If you notation to idiosyncratic who has nary hint astir football, oregon who knows astir shot and has not watched it for a portion (and ask) 'How aged bash you deliberation Jude Bellingham is?', I don't deliberation anyone would get adjacent adjacent to his age.

"They would accidental 28 oregon 29 due to the fact that helium plays truthful mature. He played an exceptional World Cup. Absolutely exceptional.

"With each the things helium has and things helium tin improve, to picture him I would accidental the things helium tin bash are hard to learn, and the things helium tin amended are casual to learn.

"So, yes, helium is simply a truly bully player. What tin I say? I person thought that already for 2 oregon 3 years since helium had his breakthrough astatine Dortmund.

"Everybody knew already but I person nary thought what that means for the wealth broadside of it.

"I truly deliberation if we each privation to bash him a favour past we bash not speech excessively overmuch astir money. I mean that from an England constituent of view. Do not propulsion immoderate hurdles successful his development."

Liverpool are sixth successful the Premier League, 7 points down fourth-placed Tottenham, with a crippled successful hand.

Klopp said ensuring Champions League shot was the "main target" for the nine this season.

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