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During the just-concluded summer transfer season, there were a number of high-profile movements, and several of the transactions were for more than €100 million.
It is reasonable to assume that Jude Bellingham has been the most influential of them all throughout the course of history.
The young English phenom has already racked up five goals and one assist in La Liga play thus far during the current campaign.
On Tuesday, he made his debut for Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League and scored the game-winning goal in the dying seconds of the match against Union Berlin.
The former captain of Atletico Madrid sings the prodigy’s praises.
In an interview that took place earlier this week on Cadena SER, Atletico Madrid great and former captain Diego Godin discussed his time with the club. During the same exchange, he was questioned on the influence that Jude Bellingham has had at Real Madrid.
“Jude Bellingham has impressed me in a number of ways. Adapting so effectively and putting up such a high number of goals. “The truth is that he has surprised me quite a bit,” he remarked, singling out the once prominent figure from Borussia Dortmund as an example of his praiseworthy qualities.
The fact that Bellingham has already made such an effect at the club is shown by the fact that he has received such substantial praise from one of the most iconic leaders of Real Madrid’s local rivals.
This weekend is the derby.
The fact that Godin’s comment applauding the protégé occurred immediately before Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid played each other for the first time this season is poetic, despite the fact that Godin’s praise of the protege was somewhat unexpected.
The derby game between Madrid’s two teams is set to begin later this week at Civitas Metropolitano. It is expected to be the whites’ toughest competition to far in this current campaign.
It goes without saying that everyone will be keeping a close watch on Bellingham to see how he performs against the deep block and defensive style of play that Los Rojiblancos use. If his performance in previous matches is any indication, Ancelotti will hope to be able to count on him to be the game’s wild card.