STEVEN GERRARD has supplied to “fly to Dortmund personally and take Jude Bellingham out for a pleasant dinner” to persuade him to be a part of Liverpool.
The England World Cup star, 19, is without doubt one of the most in-demand gamers in world soccer.
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Liverpool and Actual Madrid are believed to be main the chase for the midfielder, who’s beneath contract till 2025.
And the ex-Birmingham Metropolis ace can also be on the needed lists of Manchester Metropolis, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain – though Dortmund are adamant they need him to keep.
It was reported earlier this week that Bellingham was in talks with each Madrid and Jurgen Klopp’s Reds over a summer season transfer.
Now former Reds captain Gerrard, who was sacked by Aston Villa final month, is prepared to assist Klopp safe the signature of the one man he believes the Reds want.
Stevie G, who’s at Anfield immediately as a pundit protecting Liverpool versus Chelsea, informed BT Sport: “All he wants to do is ship his diary to me when he’s bought a free day.
“I’ll fly to Dortmund personally, take him out for a pleasant dinner, and we’ll speak about it!
“On the again of the World Cup, what he’s doing out in Dortmund. I’m an enormous fan of him anyway. The way in which he comes throughout, the best way he speaks in regards to the sport. Each time I’ve watched him he impresses me.
“He’s the plain one, as a result of I do assume that in the mean time, now that [Jordan] Henderson has tailored his sport and he covers Trent [Alexander-Arnold] on that proper hand aspect, Thiago‘s extra of a footballer, Fabinho stays, Liverpool are missing this working No. 8 who can arrive within the field, get you a purpose, whose bought that energy, that burst, who can depart somebody for lifeless.
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“Bellingham ticks all these containers. He’s the plain one, however I feel it’s essential we don’t turn into obsessive about one midfielder.
“It’s Liverpool Soccer Membership. Everybody all over the world is aware of that Liverpool shall be wanting, shall be scouting midfielders. There’s a variety of excellent midfielders all over the world.”
Regardless of Liverpool’s struggles within the prime-flight this time period, Gerrard additionally insisted that Bellingham is “brilliant” sufficient to know that Anfield remains to be the best place to proceed his improvement.
He mentioned: “Liverpool are in the course of the desk, however I’m certain Jude’s brilliant sufficient to go ‘dangle on a minute, there’s a stand going up right here, it’s going to be a 60,000 stadium, they’ve bought among the best 5 managers on the planet, they’ve received the Premier League of late, they’ve been in Champions League finals of late, they play very nicely right here, they’ve bought some fabulous gamers, they develop gamers.
“It ticks an terrible lot of containers, however Liverpool within the league, proper now are in the course of the desk.”
Regardless of the lure of Bernabeu and Actual Madrid, Gerrard additionally thinks it’s critical Bellingham returns to these shores slightly than threat being “swallowed up” at an enormous membership international membership.
He added: “I feel it’s essential he stays on this nation.
“He’s 19 years of age. They’re speaking about Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
“I do know he’s doing it in Dortmund now, however these golf equipment are at the next stage than Dortmund. You may get swallowed up, there’s a variety of world stars. You may get swallowed up by making the transfer too quickly.
“In my view, staying round England, staying round this nation, getting developed. There’s development in him, he can evolve. I feel staying in England till he hits his peak years is essential for the boy now.”
