Hey Jude, you are an awesome force of nature.

None of those things truly define you. What defines you is how you become the protagonist and have an immense impact on every pitch you step onto, for every team you have played for.

Last night against Mexico, England won 3-2, Jude Bellingham produced one of the finest individual performances ever seen from an England player, embodying the spirit this team needed to survive the ferocious atmosphere of the Estadio Azteca. More than 7,000 feet above sea level. More than 80,000 fans willing England to fall. Against a fearless Mexico side, backed by a roaring home crowd.

The altitude means nothing to a player already on top of the world.

Two goals in two minutes made him the first player to score a World Cup brace at the Azteca since Diego Maradona in 1986. He won 100% of his aerial duels, completed seven carries, registered seven defensive contributions, four take-ons, four clearances, and three touches in the opposition box. Playing from midfield, he generated chances on 0.67 xG.

Four goals and one assist so far at this tournament. Only the fourth English player in the last 60 years to register 10 goal contributions at major tournaments.

Alongside Harry Kane, he has scored 10 of England’s 11 goals to secure a quarter-final against the Norway national football team in this World Cup.

He said in the post-match interview: “Best night of my career.”

There is something almost mythical about his engine. You wish England could bottle Bellingham’s energy. His aura is impossible to quantify. It cannot be measured by expected goals, completed passes, or distance covered. You feel it instead.

As Thomas Tuchel puts it, the “heart” of the team is perhaps best encapsulated by the No. 10, a man who is becoming England’s talisman in every sense of the word.

Many doubted whether Jude Bellingham deserved to start for England before the World Cup started. The Daily Mail in November printed on their front page, in a bold text, “LEAVE JUDE HOME”…He’s letting his football do the talking.

At the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Jude recorded three Man of the Match awards in just five matches, along with the stats mentioned above.

Watch him for ninety minutes and you quickly realise that he is everywhere. The first to lead the press. The first to sprint back after losing possession. The first to demand the ball again. There is no hiding place when Jude Bellingham is on the pitch.

England had produced some of the biggest names in football. Beckham, Rooney, Shearer, Gerrard, Scholes. You name it.

Jude Bellingham is already on the verge of earning his place alongside them, and he’s only 23. He bleeds the shirt. He sings Wonderwall with the fans at the top of his lungs.

Football is coming home or not; that story can wait.

One thing already feels inevitable. As thousands of England fans belt out Wonderwall, one line echoes louder than the rest:

“Because maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me.”

For England, Jude Bellingham already is.