Thumbnail URL isn't loading

Hi,

I am trying to pull in my thumbnail URL, as it has a class and a data attribute, but it doesn’t load in the thumbnail. If I just have it as <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(array('full')); }?> it works but I need the URL, not the image.

See my code below:

<div class="blog__item">
	<?php
	echo '<a href="',the_permalink(),'" class="blog__item__ftd-img" data-bg-	img="',the_post_thumbnail_url(),'"></a>';
	?>
	<h5><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h5>
	<?php the_excerpt('<p>','</p>'); ?>
	<?php the_date('F, Y', '<span class="date">', '</span>'); ?>
</div>

Thanks in advance!

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