There are few players in world football right now as downright impressive as Jude Bellingham.
The midfielder has quickly become an absolutely key player for Borussia Dortmund and England and there is an actual queue of top clubs desperate to prise him away from Signal Iduna Park this summer.
Transfer talk will have to wait, though, with Bellingham currently focused on trying to win a Bundesliga title for the first time and end a decade of Bayern Munich dominance.
That quest will see him line-up for Dortmund in a potentially crucial game against Hertha Berlin this week, and the Englishman will again be expected to influence the game.
There can be no doubt that Jude Bellingham impressed for England at the World Cup at the end of 2022 and he has taken that form back with him to the Bundesliga.
He has played all but one game for Dortmund since the resumption of the German season, including captaining the side to a win at Bayer Laverkusen.
He came back from Qatar with a bang. Dortmund hosted Augsburg in their first competitive game since the World Cup and it was a thriller with Bellingham at the very heart of it.
They won it 4-3, with the England international scoring one, getting an assist on another and also picking up a yellow card in a player-of-the-match display.
That yellow card did prove costly as it was his fifth of the season. That meant he had to sit out the win at Mainz, but he has played all but 19 minutes of Dortmund’s schedule since, helping himself to two more assists in that time.
Bellingham also captained Dortmund to a successful return to the Champions League last week as they beat Chelsea 1-0 at home in the first leg of their round of 16 clash. He later described taking the armband at Dortmund as ‘the biggest honour of his career so far.’
Bellingham will again be at the heart of the Borussia Dortmund midfield for the visit of Hertha Berlin, and they will be in confident mood.
A win would rake them level on points with Bayern Munich, although it will be surprise package Union Berlin who will be top should they beat bottom of the table Schalke.
Hertha are not doing much better than Schalke in truth. They are have five more points, although that only translates to one position higher in the Bundesliga table.
Should coach Edin Terzic opt to bench veterans Marco Reus and Mats Hummels again, Bellingham will keep wearing the armband and fans will be expecting another all-action midfield performance.
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