Jude Bellingham should NOT start for England at the World Cup, according to Tom Garratt.
The Birmingham City academy graduate was one of England's standout players en route to Euro 2024 final defeat by Spain, even scoring a spectacular overhead kick to keep England in the competition at the round of 16 stage against Slovakia.
Despite this, Garratt says that he would omit Bellingham from the starting side when England head to North America to contest the World Cup in June.
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Bellingham, 22, made his international debut against Ireland in November 2020 and has earned 46 caps in total.
He made the move from his boyhood club, Birmingham, to Borussia Dortmund in June of that same year; impressing during a three-year stint in Germany where he was named in the Bundesliga Team of the Season on two occasions.
In the summer of 2023, Bellingham made a €103m switch to his current club Real Madrid, winning a La Liga and UEFA Champions League double in his first season.
However, shoulder surgery he underwent following the conclusion of the Club World Cup last summer saw him enjoy a lengthy spell on the sidelines. Returning at the beginning of the current campaign, another injury - this time to his hamstring - has seen Bellingham struggle to regain his form.
It expected that he will now miss England's final home friendly before the World Cup against Japan due to injury, however, Bellingham remains 1/10 to be named in Thomas Tuchel's squad for the summer tournament.
Tuchel's men begin their World Cup campaign against Croatia on Wednesday 17th June where they are 8/13 favourites to get off to a winning start.
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