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"We speech astir the large midfielders that we've played with and seen successful England successful our procreation - nary of them were doing what he's doing astatine this age, connected this stage."
Rio Ferdinand saw plentifulness of talents successful beforehand of him successful the Three Lions' motor country during an 81-cap planetary vocation spanning 14 years.
Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, to sanction conscionable a few.
But 19-year-old Jude Bellingham's stand-out show connected his World Cup debut, scoring England's opening extremity successful an all-action show in the 6-2 win implicit Iran successful Doha, near the BBC Sport pundit successful awe.
"The authorization that helium plays with connected the transportation goes good beyond his years - he's a fabulous footballer but to present astatine a World Cup similar that astatine that age...," Ferdinand said.
"I'm not saying he's amended oregon going to beryllium arsenic bully arsenic each of them but astatine this property nary of them were doing what helium was doing and it's conscionable fabulous to see."
Against Iran, Bellingham made 15 entries into the last third, with lone marauding right-back Kieran Trippier (15) managing more, and his walk accuracy of 96% was bettered lone by John Stones (99%).
He besides made 23 passes successful the last third, again bettered lone by Trippier's 25 and dispossessed the Iranians 9 times, with lone Declan Rice (10) outdoing the Borussia Dortmund midfielder.
That all-round interaction successful some halves of the transportation wowed erstwhile England midfield brace Jermaine Jenas and Danny Murphy, commentating connected the crippled for BBC Radio 5 Live.
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No England midfielder oregon attacker had much touches against Iran than Jude Bellingham's 113"Bellingham is simply a throwback, helium tin truly bash it all," Jenas said.
"He is similar Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard rolled into one. It's a existent bonus for Gareth Southgate to get him present successful the signifier that helium is in."
Murphy added: "When you are watching him, it is truly casual to hide conscionable however young helium is."
On BBC One, erstwhile England striker Alan Shearer added his praise.
"It was a implicit show from a truly breathtaking subordinate - it had everything, helium enactment successful the tackles, the work-rate, his passing was superb, helium got his goal, it truly was a peculiar time for him," Shearer said.
It was not conscionable erstwhile players waxing lyrical astir the Stourbridge-born midfielder's eye-catching show - his team-mates were conscionable arsenic keen to wage tribute too.
"He is an unbelievable subordinate for specified a young age," right-back Trippier told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"He is playing astatine specified a precocious level and helium is not afraid. He has got to support his feet connected the crushed and support performing similar I cognize helium will."
At 19 years and 145 days, Bellingham became England's 3rd youngest starter astatine a World Cup down Luke Shaw successful 2014 and Michael Owen successful 1998.
And successful a bully portion of symmetry, it was Shaw's transverse helium headed location successful the 35th infinitesimal successful Doha to go England's 2nd youngest World Cup goalscorer, again down Owen.
"I said I wanted to people much goals for Dortmund and England this year," Bellingham, who has netted 9 times for his nine this season, told BBC One.
"To beryllium honest, I thought it had missed! Then it took ages to loop into the extremity - a truly arrogant infinitesimal for me."
In summation to scoring, Bellingham's manufacture acceptable up Harry Kane to transverse for Raheem Sterling to nett England's 3rd goal, and his defence-splitting walk freed Callum Wilson to tee up Jack Grealish to marque it six.
As erstwhile England goalkeeper Rob Green enactment it connected Radio 5 Live: "He's everywhere, helium is conscionable patrolling the pitch. It seems wherever the shot goes helium is there. He has that quality to find the shot astatine each times."
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