Bellingham's former coach reveals youngster's mantra

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Jude Bellingham's former coach, Paco Herrera, reveals the ritual he went through every day at Birmingham.
Transcript
00:00 At that time he was a boy with a very well-mooded head, very well dressed.
00:08 Every day in training I remember that I would say a few words, more or less, in English,
00:17 so that he would remember.
00:18 I would say "You tell me".
00:22 Before starting training he would tell me "No one is better than me".
00:32 I would explain to him why I would say that.
00:36 It was so that he would understand that at his age, playing in the English second division,
00:47 with the strength of that league, the contacts, etc.
00:53 He could be a bit confused by his age.
01:01 I would tell him that before the games, so that he would realise that he was at least the same
01:08 as his rivals, the ones he was going to face, that he was not afraid.

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