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Jordan Henderson has described Jude Bellingham’s potential as frightening and made it clear the winner in the race for his signature will be the luckiest club around.

Liverpool’s captain has struck up a strong bond with the Borussia Dortmund star and wherever one has been on England camps, the other has not been far away. When Henderson was giving his debrief to the media after Sunday’s 2-0 win over Ukraine, Bellingham walked past within earshot and started making snoring noises to put his elder team-mate off.

There has long been speculation that Liverpool are favourites to land Bellingham this summer but Henderson had no interest in discussing if he felt Merseyside would suit the 19-year-old best in the next phase of his career. He also made it clear there is no obligation for him to leave Dortmund.

What Henderson was happy to talk about, though, was Bellingham’s enormous potential. The 32-year-old is a hard judge to impress but the manner in which he spoke about his midfield partner made it quite clear the esteem in which he holds him.

‘He’s doing really well at Dortmund,’ said Henderson, one of England’s top performers against Ukraine. ‘Dortmund is a really good club, playing Champions League all the time, week in week out, that’s really helped him.