Heartwarming moment Jude Bellingham video chats sick child in hospital after ex-team-mate calls him out of the blue
JUDE BELLINGHAM chatted with a sick child in hospital after an ex-team-mate called him out of the blue.
The England star is in Finland preparing for a Nations League game in Helsinki.
But he took time to answer a call from his former team-mate Noah Ohio, who he played with for England Under-16s.
Ohio, who plays for Dutch side Utrecht, was on international duty himself with the Netherlands national team.
Some members of the Dutch team visited a children’s hospital where Ohio asked one child who his favourite player was.
And when the youngster replied saying Bellingham, Ohio suggested the pair call the Real Madrid star.
Bellingham, who scored in the Three Lions 2-1 loss to Greece on Thursday, picked up his phone and FaceTimed with Ohio and the child, with the pair asking one another if they were OK.
Ohio did the translating and then told the child to pose for a photo holding up the phone so he was alongside Bellingham, who put his thumb up.
Bellingham, 21, often takes time to look out for youngsters having given away his England jacket to keep a child in a wheelchair warm before the match against Belgium in March.
He also donated a blanket to a young ballboy during a Spanish Cup win over Arandina last season.
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His former coach Mike Dodds who worked with Bellingham at Birmingham said of the midfielder: “He’s just a magnificent human being, he’s a role model not just for the young kids of Birmingham, now the nation.
“He’s got compassion, he’s got complete empathy for people around him. From a human perspective I haven’t got enough words to praise him with.
“He keeps in contact with me regularly – he doesn’t have to do that.
“He’s said some wonderful things about me which I’ll be forever grateful for. I think that just sums up the measure of the young man.”