JUDE BELLINGHAM hailed a erstwhile Manchester City prima a "legend" aft moving with him for England.
The midfielder seems to beryllium enjoying moving alongside erstwhile Premier League victor Joleon Lescott.
Bellingham shared a photograph of the brace of them successful grooming astatine St. George's Park, calling him a legend.
However Lescott whitethorn not beryllium astir for overmuch longer arsenic helium lone moved up to manager the elder squad erstwhile Lee Carsley was appointed interim manager, having coached the Under-21s nether Carsley.
Bellingham was enactment done his paces by Lescott up of England's Nations League clash with Ireland.
The Real Madrid prima showed a instrumentality to signifier against Greece connected Thursday, helping England to a 3-0 triumph which puts their destiny successful their ain hands.
A triumph implicit Ireland volition spot them regain their spot successful Nations League A pursuing relegation 2 years ago.
Bellingham, 21, was pleased with the triumph and show against Greece, and helium was full of praise for his team-mates aft the match.
The Galactico said: “A batch was made of the lads that weren’t present but the lads that were here, who showed up, were amazing.
“There would person been a cardinal and 1 excuses if we hadn’t played good oregon not got implicit the line.
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England ratings vs Greece arsenic Madueke and Jones bargain the amusement aft Kane benched
IT IS hard to retrieve an England starting XI which, connected insubstantial astatine least, looked arsenic wholly underwhelming arsenic this one.
Yet manager-in-waiting Thomas Tuchel, presumably watching the crippled astatine his location successful Bavaria, volition person been hugely encouraged by this show from what appeared to beryllium a implicit mish-mash of a squad - and 1 which was awfully abbreviated of experience.
Here's however SunSport's Tom Barclay rated England's stars...
Jordan Pickford - 8
Back successful aft being dropped for Finland past period - and showed a bully response. Great halt to contradict Kostas Tsimikas astatine the adjacent station and live to information throughout.
Earned his first-ever booking successful 72 England caps for clip wasting successful the archetypal half.
Kyle Walker - 7
Captain successful Harry Kane’s lack and passionately conveyed his side’s vexation to ref Daniel Siebert erstwhile Pickford was booked.
Moved to centre-back aft the interruption erstwhile Ezri Konsa went off.
Marc Guehi - 7
Another coagulated show from the Crystal Palace antheral who you would deliberation would beryllium a first-choice starter for Thomas Tuchel erstwhile the German begins work.
Ezri Konsa - 7
One of respective players targeted by a laser successful the crowd, on with Pickford and Belligham.
Limped disconnected conscionable earlier half-time and was replaced by Lewis Hall astatine the break.
Rico Lewis - 7
Filled successful astatine left-back implicit newbie Hall, earlier moving to the close erstwhile the Newcastle antheral came on.
Almost had his archetypal England extremity aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional but was denied by a good halt from Hall’s club-mate Odysseas Vlachodimos.
Curtis Jones - 9
Sparkled connected debut successful the bosom of midfield, not looking overawed successful the slightest. Played deeper than helium does for Liverpool, but successful the aforesaid presumption wherever helium shone for Lee Carsley successful England’s triumphant Under-21 Euros past summer.
Gorgeous backheel to headdress his bow with the 3rd goal.
Conor Gallagher - 7
Started brightly adjacent to Jones, though gave the shot distant a fewer times aft the break. Booked for stopping a speedy free-kick aboriginal on.
Arrived conscionable excessively precocious to poke successful the rebound from Bellingham’s onslaught arsenic it had already crossed the enactment for an ain goal.
Noni Madueke - 9
A blistering archetypal commencement from the Chelsea antheral who enactment existent unit connected Bukayo Saka’s spot with this performance.
He took connected his antheral astatine each opportunity, astatine pace, and had fantabulous extremity merchandise too, mounting up Watkins’ opener and a header for Bellingham which deed the post.
Jude Bellingham – 8
Some sublime touches and passes from the talisman, including a fantastic shot circular the country to merchandise Madueke successful the build-up to the opener.
Seemed to thrive with gait each astir him and killed disconnected the crippled with his precocious onslaught which deed the station and bounced successful disconnected the keeper.
Anthony Gordon - 7
Provided a menace down the near with his gait and trickery, adjacent if helium was outshone by Madueke. A decent show but not 1 that demanded helium commencement astatine near helping each game.
Ollie Watkins - 7
The astonishment starter implicit Harry Kane. He took his aboriginal accidental well, converting from the borderline of the six-yard box.
Could person had different erstwhile sent cleanable done but the shot got stuck nether his feet.
Subs
Lewis Hall (for Ezri Konsa half-time) - 7
Came connected astatine half-time for his debut and did not enactment a ft wrong.
Harry Kane (for Ollie Watkins, 66) - 6
Had a curling effort good stopped aft exchanging passes with chap sub Morgan Rogers.
Morgan Rogers (for Anthony Gordon, 66) - 8
Some breathtaking touches from the Villa debutant, including 1 to merchandise Bellingham successful the lead-up to the 2nd goal.
Jarrod Bowen (for Noni Madueke, 66) - 7
Clever nutmeg to escaped Morgan Gibbs-White, who past teed up Jones.
Morgan Gibbs-White (for Gallagher, 79) - 7
Cutback for Jones was connected the money.
Lescott is simply a large admirer of Bellingham and not conscionable for his football ability, praising his behaviour disconnected the pitch.
He said: "Jude's had a immense interaction astatine Real Madrid and that's unthinkable to deliberation from a lad who's travel from Birmingham. As a quality he's awesome arsenic well, not conscionable arsenic a footballer, he's idiosyncratic you tin look up to and admire.
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"He's carrying himself good and delivering connected the pitch. He understands the crippled astatine a level helium shouldn't astatine his age. Long whitethorn it proceed for himself and England due to the fact that helium could triumph the Ballon D'or and that would beryllium a immense happening for England."