Jude Bellingham admits that David Beckham left him feeling “uglier”, but the Real Madrid ace is happy to have ignored “don’t meet your heroes” advice.

Bellingham has said of rubbing shoulders with Becks: “It’s an honour really you know.

There’s always that thing about don’t meet your heroes and he’s [Beckham’s] one that I’ve met and I’ve actually thought ‘He’s amazing and he seems like a really down to earth guy’ regardless of how famous he is and what he’s achieved in his career and in his life.

He makes me look a little bit uglier, but you can learn to deal with that if it’s on the cover of video games.” ” I’ve played every single EA since I was six, seven.

Some of your best memories are sitting around a tiny little telly with a couple of controllers on their last legs because they’ve been bashed around the room, having games with players you never think you’d play against – you never think you’d meet.

And then all of a sudden, I’m on the cover and I’m meeting and playing amongst these players. It’s really surreal and I’m really grateful that I’ve been given a chance to do it.”