Sports July 14, 2026 at 11:51 AM

From Tuchel’s outcast to England’s kingpin, how Jude Bellingham silenced his critics at the World Cup

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Nine months ago,Thomas Tuchel left out Jude Bellingham and the 22-year-old came under severe criticism. Now he is in the midst of the greatest individual World Cup by an Englishman since 1966

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