Jude Bellingham has taken Real Madrid and World Football by a storm right now!
He's gathered 15 goals + 4 assists in just 16 games for Real Madrid breaking the records of Puskas, Di Stefano and Ronaldo himself. All of this while just recently turning 20 years old, with his entire career ahead of him.
What he's doing is unheard of, perhaps only Ronaldo Fenomenon himself had a better start to the season than him as a 20 years old.
The differentiator however is his impact in the game, he's truly bossing the free role at Madrid contrubuting in goals, assists, key passes, dribbles, crosses, headers, flicks, finishing, playmaking, 1-2 passing, off ball movements, interceptions, tackles, positioning, strength, dominating, work rate and even leadership.. There is truly nothing that this boy can't do!
I genuinely cannot point a single weakness in his game right now, he's top of the charts for almost all attributes since the start of the season. So these achievements so far in the season brings the question, What is his ceiling as a footballer provided he continues this streak? Generational? All-Timer? GOAT candidate?
He’s a creative midfielder with an incredibly level head under stress who could and should be the core of the England national team for a decade or more.
Unfortunately I fear that England managers will do unto him what they did to Glenn Hoddle in the 1980s.
And then Glenn Hoddle returned the favour and threw Beckham under the bus.
Bellingham under Southgate.
Smh.
What happened to Hoddle?
The problem for Glenn Hoddle was Bryan Robson. He was the complete package and teams played 4-4-2. Robson doing the business Hoddle was forced to play a game that didn't suit him.
Only he is not really a traditional creative midfielder at Madrid (that’s more Modric and Kroos). Up until recently he hasn’t been providing many assists (mostly a great work rate and smart positioning to score). I think his ceiling will become more apparent once those two move on and he becomes the focus of defences.
He would have gotten way more assists this season if the attackers around him could finish. Vini has been pretty much injured to start this season, Rodrygo has only started picking up form in the last few weeks, and Joselu is a donkey