Danny Mills: Clearly There's Been a Clash Between Tuchel and Bellingham

Former England international Danny Mills believes there has been a "clash of personalities" between Jude Bellingham and England manager Thomas Tuchel, but expects Bellingham to learn from it while Tuchel asserts his authority.

The Real Madrid midfielder was handed the number 10 shirt for the World Cup and started in that role in the opening match against Croatia. However, prior to this, the German coach had omitted Bellingham from the squad on several occasions. Reports in Spain recently even suggested that Bellingham had sought advice from his former Real coach Carlo Ancelotti on how to resolve his disagreements with Tuchel.

"I think there's clearly been some sort of clash between the two. It's happened a few times," Mills told Goal.com.

"Thomas Tuchel has obviously tried to show that he's the boss and he's in charge, and rightly so. It's his prerogative to pick who he wants and when he wants. No matter who you are and how good you think you are, if I don't pick you in the squad, then you're going to have to get on with it and you're going to have to learn very, very quickly to deal with it. Undoubtedly, Jude is an exceptional player and he's also very, very young. I think sometimes we forget that. Perhaps the two have had a conversation. Jude will mature and become more experienced," commented the 49-year-old Danny Mills.