England sensation Jude Bellingham has detailed his first meeting with Jack Grealish and how the Manchester City playmaker helped calm his nerves about a potentially 'awkward' situation.
Bellingham and Grealish are more likely to lock horns in the Champions League these days — with Bundesliga team Borussia Dortmund and City respectively — but they will always be divided in terms of their hometown allegiances.
Born and raised in the Birmingham area, one is blue and the other claret and blue. City had to splash out nine-figures to prize £100million man Grealish away from his beloved Aston Villa last summer and Bellingham — who progressed through the Birmingham City academy — continues to forge his glowing reputation as one of the hottest properties in Europe.
Both are key members of the England squad and played at Euro 2020. READ MORE: City 'reject' Delap bid and more rumours Grealish made his international debut in September 2020 and, two months later, he was joined in the Three Lions ranks by a fresh-faced Bellingham, who had been fast-tracked into the senior squad.