Is Jobe Bellingham England’s next big thing who shares his older brother’s ‘X-Factor’ – or a ‘problem child’ whose dad blows up at his bosses? Inside the rise of the 21-year-old after first call-up

For years, Jobe Bellingham has been in the shadows of his older brother Jude.

Now, for the first time since they were children, the duo are poised to perform on the same stage. Only this time it won’t be under the lampposts of Stourbridge, but the floodlights at Wembley.

Jobe, 21, has been called up to England‘s senior squad for the first time and is often described in similar terms to his elder sibling: relentlessly ambitious, focused, and a quick learner who is wise beyond his years.

‘You have to have an X-Factor and Jobe does,’ said Regis Le Bris, his old manager

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