haaland kit Jude Bellingham has goalscoring in his blood.
His father, Mark, played non-league football in England as a striker for 15 years. The part-time goalscorer, full-time police sergeant claims he found the net on around 700 occasions in his career of 850 appearances.
An impressive feat, but his eldest son is well on the way to a far more special footballing life.
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At just 16, Bellingham junior has emerged as a target for Manchester United, with the biggest club in the land reportedly willing to part with £30 million ($39.4m) to bring the teenager to Old Trafford.
Whether it is a deal that will go through in January or waits until the summer, it is clear Bellingham is impressing people in the right places with his performances for Birmingham City.
Born in Stourbridge, Bellingham joined Birmingham’s jude bellingham full kit academy around the age of eight and immediately started working his way through the various age-group teams.