Manchester United transfer target Jude Bellingham has revealed Wayne Rooney was his football hero when he was growing up.
The Birmingham midfielder is a target for United in the summer transfer window as the Reds battle both Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund for his signature.
Bellingham, 16, was given a tour of the United training ground earlier this month as the club looked to show him what they have to offer should a move materialise.
Taking to social media on Tuesday the Birmingham youngster hosted a Q&A session, and he was asked to name his hero growing up, he replied with a picture of Rooney.
Speaking earlier in the week United great Rio Ferdinand ran his own Q&A on Instagram in which he backed Bellignham for a possible move to United.
"Jude Bellingham, huge talent, huge talent, really good-looking footballer in the way he plays, the balance he's got, the maturity at such a young age," Ferdinand said on Instagram Live .
"I want to see more but the price tag is phenomenal. £30 million odd for a kid, for a 16-year-old boy, it's unbelievable.
"But it's the way of the world now and the way you've got to think about it, if you're paying £30m, if we keep him for 10 years it's money well spent.
"It's a gamble, it's an expensive gamble, but the kid to be playing in the Championship and doing what he's doing and looking the player he is, it's a gamble but a calculated one.
"I think he's someone I would 100 per cent take. If I'm Man United now, go in and get him."
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