Man City backed to sign ‘next Erling Haaland’ after source’s reveal – Agbonlahor
Man City will not let Jude Bellingham sign for Liverpool, according to Gabby Agbonlahor.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the ex-Aston Villa and England attacker claimed Bellingham could be a star for Man City for the next 15 years – just like Erling Haaland.
Sources told Football Insider last week (3 December) that the club are willing to sell Jack Grealish to fund a move for Bellingham.
The Borussia Dortmund star, 19, is expected to leave the club in the summer and has established himself as one of the world’s best midfielders at the World Cup.
“What I’m seeing from him at the moment is someone who is revelling in the fact that he’s getting better and better,” Agbonlahor told Football Insider correspondent Connor Whitley.
“It looks like the bigger the stage, the more he wants to show that he can handle it and is a man.
“It’s just the way he’s driving from midfield. I’ve not seen an England centre-midfielder do that in a long time.
“We’ve had some gifted centre-midfielders but from my memory, not one who can drive with speed and aggression and power.
“For Harry Kane’s goal [against Senegal], I’ve not seen midfielders do that for England.
“We’re blessed and I feel like he could be the missing part that really puts us on that stage and we can win the World Cup.
“The thing with Bellingham is you are getting someone or 10 or 15 years, just like Man City with [Erling] Haaland.
“I don’t think Man City will let Liverpool buy him. I think they will look at it and think Ilkay Gundogan is in his 30s, Bernardo Silva is 27, 28 and Kevin De Bruyne is 30. Bellingham could be the future of that midfield, the next Haaland in a way.
“I don’t think they are going to let Liverpool sign somebody who is going to be so big in the Premier League for years to come.
“I think it’s between Real Madrid and Man City.”
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