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Jude Bellingham(Image: PA)<\/p>\nTom Wagner has hailed Jude Bellingham<\/a> as the best player in the world after the Birmingham City<\/a> hero played a role in the club’s stadium unveiling at Digbeth<\/a> Loc.<\/p>\n In a star-studded event which included Wagner, Peaky Blinders<\/a> creator Steven Knight and countless other dignitaries, Blues unveiled the design for their 62,000 seater stadium which Wagner hopes will be up and running in five years time.<\/a><\/p>\n The reveal also included a recorded video in which Real Madrid star – and Blues academy product – Bellingham is seen looking over the plans<\/p>\n Speaking afterwards Wagner was asked about trying to entice the 22-year-old back to his first club and the role a new stadium could play.<\/p>\n The chairman said: “I think Jude is the greatest player on the planet today and we haven’t seen anywhere near his full potential yet.<\/p>\n “Not just as a player on the pitch but also what he can do for the community.<\/p>\n “And so if we can provide him a platform to achieve his full potential then it’s a great story.<\/p>\n “It’s a great coming home story. It’s a great Birmingham<\/a> story, it’s a great England story.”<\/p>\n Bellingham joined Blues as a child before coming through the academy and becoming the youngest player in the club’s history when he made his debut at just 16.<\/p>\n However, his potential outstripped Blues’ status at the time and he was sold to Borussia Dortmund after just one season. He has since gone on to play for England and win the Champions League with Real Madrid.<\/p>\n Do you think Jude will play for Blues again? Have your say here<\/a><\/p>\n Everyday, the BirminghamLive football desk strive to deliver all manner of news, features and transfer-related stories as a part of our overall package of Birmingham City content.<\/p>\n Our dedicated reporters Alex Dicken and Brian Dick – you can follow Alex on X here<\/a> and Brian here<\/a> – follow Blues around the country and they offer you comprehensive coverage from matchdays, press conferences and everything that happens in between.<\/p>\n So much happens day to day and sometimes you can struggle to keep on top of the very latest updates as and when they occur – that’s why we have produced a daily newsletter which you can sign up to, for free, and which means you’ll have a round-up of the key stories land in your email inbox. Sign up to the Blues newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can also get all your favourite content from BirminghamLive’s Blues team on WhatsApp. Click here<\/a> to sign up for breaking updates about the biggest stories and insight from in and around the club.<\/p>\n If you prefer reading our Blues stories on your phone, consider downloading the BirminghamLive app, in which you can personalise the content you see by selecting Blues as one of your designated topics. You can get it from Apple here<\/a> and for Android here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our weekly Birmingham City podcast, Keep Right On, is also available to watch and listen on all major streaming services. You can subscribe to the YouTube channel here, while you can access the podcast on Spotify here<\/a> and via Apple here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City’s favourite son was the topic of conversation at Blues’ big stadium reveal 17:36, 20 Nov 2025Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[11538,218,44765,101,112523,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-274263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-birmingham-city-fc","tag-football","tag-jude-bellingham","tag-sports","tag-tom-wagner","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}