Brilliant last season, Jude Bellingham is far from meeting the expectations of Real Madrid supporters since the start of the new year. The worry grows.
Transferred from Borussia Dortmund to Real Madrid in the summer of 2023 for a check for 113 million euros, Jude Bellingham did not wait to confirm his talent and convince Madrid management of the merits of his investment. But after a thunderous first season, the England international started the 2024-2025 season on a much less impressive basis, and even worrying in the eyes of some observers. The alert is even given by several media.
Last year, Jude Bellingham sent the counters into panic. In La Liga, for example, he had scored nineteen goals and offered six assists in twenty-eight matches. Placed higher on the pitch in Carlo Ancelotti’s system, he even finished the season with twenty-three goals and thirteen assists in forty-two outings, in all competitions. Crazy statistics that enchanted Madrid followers. But since the start of the new exercise, the Englishman has remained silent and that is worrying.
Bellingham “stolen” by Mbappé, according to the Spanish press
Not the slightest goal and two small assists in nine matches, all competitions combined, but also much less successful performances for the attacking midfielder. A problem for analysts who have tried to explain this downturn which is starting to last. Two days after Real’s sluggish success on the pitch at Celta Vigo (1-2, 10th day of La Liga), the Spanish press first noted a certain nervousness in Jude Bellingham, notably with a “monumental anger” towards Vinicius Junior, when the latter did not serve him on an action during the game.
“The Englishman violently reproached him”thus reported Mark.
The media also hit where it hurts by recalling that last year at this time, Bellingham had already scored ten goals. So how can we explain this significant drop in speed? For Markthe reason can be summed up in two words: Kylian Mbappé. The latter would have neither more nor less “stolen at this stage, the goals that the Englishman had scored last season”. It is now up to Jude Bellingham to find his feet in a slightly less advanced position, he who retains the full confidence of Carlo Ancelotti.
