'Superstar' - Jude Bellingham admission made as £50m transfer comments revisited

Former Birmingham City midfielder Jude Bellingham was linked with a £50million move to Manchester United and Chelsea prior to his departure for Borussia Dortmund, a transfer which Alan Brazil labelled as "bonkers" when the links emerged.

Bellingham, who was 16 at the time and said to be on around £100 a week, would have seen his wages increase to a staggering £100,000 a week if rumours were to be believed. Reacting to the news on talkSPORT, Brazil stated: "I’m sorry, I think football’s gone mental.

“This young kid’s a good player but £50m for a 16-year-old? It’s nonsense. Sorry, it’s absolutely bonkers. He’ll read that, well he’ll know about it, but he’ll read that today and go ‘Wow, wow’.

“I don’t care who you are, it’s got to affect you. £145 a week, 16-year-old but he’s playing in the first team, he’s loving it, he’s enjoying it then you read that, Man United or Chelsea for a fee of around [£50m].

“Let’s say he was just going to get £10,000 a week, never mind £100,000, what a difference! I don’t like what I read there. Honestly I’m like ‘Woah, come on, calm down’. Whose fault is it? Is it United? Is it Chelsea? If it is true they’re after him.”

However, speaking exclusively to to promote his upcoming talkSPORT live theatre show, the former Scotland and Ipswich striker reflected on his previous comments regarding Bellingham by saying: "Jude at the time was an 16-year-old. I thought he can't be, £50 million for a young kid like that?

"But saying that, he looks a superstar now which is fantastic. Real Madrid may be in for him and I wish him all the best. At the time I just thought football has gone mad!"

Bellingham went on to complete a transfer to Dortmund in 2020 for around £22.5million but has since seen his