'Incredible' Bellingham can become the world's best player and England can win Euro 2024

This is the view of his former teammate at England Conor Coady, who has is tipping the Real Madrid superstar for greatness.

Coady said: "I think he's going to be the best in the world, I'll be honest. I think he's an incredible footballer, I think more importantly, he's an incredible person.

"We spoke about being humble and being down to earth, and knowing where people are.

"But I think you'd forgive him if he did get a little bit above himself because of what he's doing - but he never will and that's the sort of person he is.

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"I honestly believe he can be one of the best in the world if not the best in the world."

At just 20 years old, Bellingham has already made 27 England appearances and scored two international goals.

The midfielder is expected to play a key part in England's Euro 2024 campaign which kicks off in Germany next year.

England made it all the way to the final of Euro 2020 before being beaten 3-2 in a penalty shootout to Italy.

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But Coady is full of confidence that, this time, Gareth Southgate's side can finally go all the way.

He said: "I think they can certainly go on and win it. I'm so excited watching them - watching them on (TV), seeing the games and seeing how they're performing.

"Just looking at the way they're playing - even when you watch the players who are with England in the Premier League and you see what they're doing in Premier League teams, it's remarkable.

"I just hope and I pray that they can go on and win a piece of silverware. I think for the country, for themselves, for the manager because I think it's such a good group, and such a good group to be part of, without a doubt."

Meanwhile, Coady will be looking to bring home some silverware himself this season as Leicester look to continue their stellar start to the Championship season.

The 30-year-old made the move to Leicester from Wolverhampton Wanderers in July 2023 after spending a season on loan at Everton.

Coady spent more than seven years as a Wolves player with the highlight of his career coming as the club earned promotion to the Premier League at the end of the 2017/18 season.

And Coady said he was using his experiences with Wolves in the Championship to encourage his younger Leicester teammates.

He said: "If you get this division right and you do it right and you have a good year, it can be one of the best years of your life, believe me."

Coady made 45 appearances for Wolves that season, the joint highest of any player.

He admitted: "That season for me was one of the best of my life. It's something I'll remember forever: winning a lot of games and going up as champions was incredible.

"I'm not saying that we're going to do that (at Leicester) but we're putting ourselves in a good position at the minute."

Leicester currently sit top of the Championship having won 13 out of their first 14 games this season.

They have scored 29 goals and conceded just eight in what has been a dream start to a season which they hope will end in their immediate promotion back to the Premier League.

But Coady admitted his years of experience in the game had taught him to be measured in dealing with both success and failure.

"To be winning games like we are doing is really good - we've got a long way to go," he said. "But in terms of keeping our feet on the ground, we've got a lot of experienced players within the team, the manager's brilliant at it, the staff are brilliant at it.

"It's important we do that as experienced players. I've played a long time, I've played a lot of games in my career so I understand when you have highs, the lows come very, very fast around the corner.

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"The more highs you have, the closer to the lows you are so it's important we stay right in the middle."

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