2 days Ago By [email protected] (Dan Marsh)
Trent Alexander and Jordan Henderson tried their utmost to convince Jude Bellingham to join Liverpool during the 2022 World Cup , Conor Coady has revealed. The Reds were long-term admirers of Bellingham, 20, while the England international was still on the books at Borussia Dortmund and being courted by most of Europe's elite. It was believed Bellingham was a top target for Liverpool last summer at a time where Jurgen Klopp was planning to overhaul his midfield.
It was Real Madrid , though, who won the race for the former Birmingham City prodigy's signature after Liverpool stepped back. Before that move materialised, Liverpool fans have been mischievously speculating on social media that Alexander-Arnold and Henderson had been trying to entice Bellingham into joining them at Anfield during the World Cup in late 2022 - and Coady has now confirmed that theory. The Everton defender, who was part of England's World Cup squad in Qatar , joked to BBC 5 Live Sport : “I think Hendo and Trent tried with Jude at the World Cup, I do, 100 percent.
He continued: “They man marked the life out of him. I think those two tried it and to be fair you would wouldn’t you if you’re at a club like that and you know he’s going to leave in the summer. 100 per cent you would, without a shadow of the doubt.
“They were either side of him, we’d all be sat there and they’d be talking about how good Liverpool is, Klopp is and this sort of stuff and we’d all be sat there having something t.
