'It's not fair...' - Jude Bellingham outlines big 'worry' surrounding Sunderland star Jobe
England international Jude Bellingham has been speaking about Sunderland sensation Jobe.
Real Madrid icon Jude Bellingham has claimed that he is worried by the prospect of people using his achievements as a means of assessing the career of his brother, Sunderland midfielder Jobe.
The Black Cats teenager has made quite the impression since signing from boyhood club Birmingham City last year, but is frequently compared to his elder sibling by some onlookers - a discourse that Jude is eager to curtail.
Speaking during episode two of his self-titled YouTube documentary series, he said: “The worry is that people judge him based on my achievements. But I'm really conscious of that because I know it's something that people will always throw in his face, and it's not fair because he's an amazing talent, amazing player in his own right. People will use him as a way to have a dig at me and vice versa, so we're almost like each other's biggest fans but also the biggest target for each other because we care about each other so much.”
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“He has to deal with more than what I would have had to at his age, and he deals with it with so much class. He wants to try and create his own legacy and his own path. At the end of the day as long as he's happy that's all I really care about to be honest. His happiness means more to me than my own.”
Jude also went on to claim that it is his biggest footballing dream to one day represent his country alongside his younger brother. The elder Bellingham is already an established figure for the Three Lions, and has racked up 36 senior caps and five goals since making his debut in late 2020. For his part, Jobe is currently a member of England’s U20s set-up, and featured as part of the age group’s Elite League squad during the first international break of the season earlier this month.
But Jude has much greater ambitions for the pair, adding: “Because we're of a similar age and we've played together for so long - in the street and on tufts of grass - to play with my brother for England, that would be the biggest dream of my life.
“That would mean more than any of the trophies, especially if we managed to do it on a consistent basis and play at a major tournament together, win things together. Honestly, nothing would even get close to that, nothing.”