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Real Madrid new signing impresses dressing room with his attitude, adaptibility
Jude Bellingham is well and truly in Real Madrid. A month after confirming his move to the Santiago Bernabeu, the young midfielder is now part of Los Blancos camp that is looking to get the season started on the right note.
A week into training, Bellingham has already left many surprised in the Real Madrid camp with his attitude and mentality, reports AS.
Unlike any other player from the United Kingdom who has set foot in Madrid, Bellingham has shown a deep interest in learning the Spanish culture and the language. More importantly, he has gotten close with some of his new teammates.
Bellingham is particularly close with fellow new signings Arda Guler and Fran Garcia. He also shares a good rapport with some of the Spaniards, including Brahim Diaz. He referred to the former Man City starlet as his ‘little brother’ in one of his Instagram stories.
The Englishman is also close with Lucas Vazquez and Dani Ceballos. He has shown excellent rapport with these two Real Madrid stars and even admitted that the former is helping him learn Spanish.
This bodes well for Real Madrid management, as they look to maximise the youngster’s leadership and mentality.
Bellingham’s early adaptation to the Real Madrid squad is indeed indicative of the player’s mentality – one of the player’s biggest assets.
With Toni Kroos and Luka Modric unlikely to continue beyond 2024, Bellingham’s leadership and his ability to gel with the team could prove to be integral for the future of the Real Madrid midfield.
However, Bellingham must justify his presence in the dressing room with performances on the pitch. He is expected to feature in some of the friendlies during Real Madrid’s pre-season tour to the United States, though he had been struggling with his knee problem earlier in the month.
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Mbappe hits out at claims on his unhappiness at Real Madrid: ‘Angry at my great aunt too’
Kylian Mbappe has been in the news for a plethora of reasons in recent weeks, starting with his injury and surprise vacation. Beyond that, the Ballon d’Or saga has kept him in the spotlight for a reasonable while now.
The Frenchman, after all, has not held back in speaking out about why he deserves to win the prestigious individual award, and while it is perfectly okay to campaign for the award, it is something that has not usually been done in the past.
In terms of his goalscoring numbers, there is no doubt that Mbappe should be a frontrunner for the award. His lack of a single trophy for both club and country, however, works against his chances.
Mbappe’s sarcastic reply to baseless rumours
Earlier today, there were reports of Kylian Mbappe being angry with Zinedine Zidane and Real Madrid for not campaigning for him to win the Ballon d’Or this year.
The rumours, needless to say, portrayed the player in a very bad light and made it seem like the club not making public gestures to acknowledge and back his campaign affected him personally.
Now, the player has himself come out to lash out at the journalists, albeit in a sarcastic manner. Commenting directly below the post making the claim via Fabrizio Romano, the player wrote,
“Yes, yes, I even got angry with my great aunt too.”
Mbappe’s ability to deal with such reports with a tinge of humour, needless to say, is impressive and it can only be good for his image that he spoke out and cut off the news at its roots.
Set to return
There has been significant concern around Mbappe’s fitness in recent weeks after the player left the French national team with an injury after their first game.
The initial diagnosis appeared worrying, but it soon came to light that the player had avoided a major setback by a hair’s breadth.
Now, there is increasing hope that the Frenchman will be back for Real Madrid’s first game after the break against Villarreal, possibly even as a starter.
Needless to say, that comes as a massive positive for Jose Mourinho’s plans ahead of a crucial stretch of the season.
