A message from Jude Bellingham, sent as he left the World Cup in Qatar, gave a 12-year-old girl with cancer a “bit of happy time”, her father said.

Twelve-year-old Madison, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia two weeks ago.

Her father, Richard, said England star Bellingham, Madison’s favourite player, sent her the video message as he and the team made their way home.

“[She was] absolutely over the moon,” he said.