Jude Bellingham: 'England can win Euro 2024'
Since Gareth Southgate took the reins in 2016, the former Middlesbrough head coach has guided the Three Lions to their first World Cup semi-final since 1990, in addition to their first-ever Euros final two years ago.
However, England's men's team remain without a major trophy 57 years on from lifting the World Cup trophy aloft in 1966, since when the women's team have been crowned European champions and finished as runners-up at the 2023 World Cup.
England's youthful talent reserves have long been lauded, although there have been perennial concerns over Southgate's ability to get the best out of this perceived golden generation of players.
Following a mediocre World Cup quarter-final exit in 2022, Southgate announced his intention to lead England to Euro 2024, and Bellingham does not see why the Three Lions cannot conquer the continent in Germany next year.
«We shouldn't be afraid to say we should want to go to Germany and try and win the tournament,» the former Borussia Dortmund man told ITV during the international break.
«I don't really care about bookies' favourites, it's all about how the team performs on any given day. We can do that, we have a good enough squad I believe. We have a real common goal, which is to try and win trophies.»
Bellingham was only a 15-year-old Birmingham City academy product when England progressed to the final four of the 2018 World Cup, while he was restricted to three substitute appearances during the Three Lions' run to the Euro 2020 final.
However, amid his rise to stardom with Borussia Dortmund, Bellingham has now nailed down a starting spot for
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