League 1 Club Hire Sunderland Assistant, who was Jude Belingham’s Youth Coach in Birmingham … – Talksport

Wycombe Wanderers appointed Mike Dods, former Jude Bellingham mentor, as a new head coach of the first team.

Dods ended moving to the league of one and leaves his role as an assistant -chief coach in the championship team Sunderland.

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In a statement, Wycombe said: “After a thorough and comprehensive process, we are pleased to welcome Mike to the club.

“Despite the pressure of the match in the middle of the season, we took the necessary time to ensure that we made the right decision by focusing on the long -term vision of Wycombe Wanderers.”

“His experience in improving individual players developing young talents was a key factor in our decision, as we believe it will be crucial to our long -term success,” they added.

Dodds was the Sunderland viewer manager three times after initially joining 2021 as the head of the individual development of players.

However, he is often applauded for his previous work as a coach at the Birmingham City Academy.

One of their promising talents during his time was Belingham, who is now considered one of the best players in the world.

The 21-year-old is a regular starter for England and Real Madrid, who signed him by Borussia Dortmund with a record deal of £ 115 million.

Belingham’s great move came after he shone for Boyhood Club Birmingham, for whom he made his senior debut at the age of 16.

When he spoke to Talksport in 2023, Dods gave an idea of ​​the midfielder’s work ethics after their time together in Midlands.

“One thing he has always had from a very, very young age. He will never waste a workout. He will never lose a minute in the gym will never lose the opportunity to watch his videos back.

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“He is simply so laser focused in any area of ​​his program that he will never leave a stone overturned. If he feels that he has a deficit in his game, he will be almost as obsessed with fixing it.

“It is interesting now that we see the kind of quality that he has in terms of the bosses of the people around, being truly driven is a real quality.

“While eight or seven years ago, who saw themselves as,” Oooh, you have to make sure that he is humble, you have to make sure that he is slowing down, you cannot talk to such people. ”

“It’s like,” Well, he can, because he must be able to survive in the first -team dressing room “and listen to there were times when he exceeded the sign.

“Of course he was, he was a young boy, but what he did when we encouraged and improved the quality he had, it allowed him to go to the dressing room and survive and then obviously take it.

“What you see now is someone who is extremely confident who they are like a person.

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“He went to Madrid and people asked me yesterday, ‘What do you see the difference [is]? I think it just looks happy, it seems to be in place of Madrid, where he feels he belongs. “

Dods also worked with a brother of Jude and a graduate of the Birmingham Job Belingham Academy.

Jobe has participated 15 times under the Sunderland coach in the 2023/24 season and remains crucial to black cats.

Now in Wycombe, Dodds replaced the new Luton Town Matt Bloomfield boss on the part of shooting a championship promotion.

They are second in League 1 behind the leaders Birmingham, in third place they are in third place.