Fernando Morientes lauds Jude Bellingham’s adaptation at Real Madrid
Former Real Madrid striker Fernando Morientes has praise Jude Bellingham for the “extraordinary” way he has adapte to life in Spain.
The 20-year-old, who is expecte to be a key player for England at แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ Euro 2024, has enjoye a brilliant first season after moving to the Bernabeu from Borussia Dortmund for an initial £88million last summer.
Bellingham has score 23 goals in all competitions for the Spanish champions with 19 coming in the league, which is better than Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski and surpasse by only Villarreal’s Alexander Sorloth (23) and Girona’s Artem Dovbyk (21).
Morientes admits that has come as a surprise to everyone and fille a major hole for manager Carlo Ancelotti following the departure of Karim Benzema.
“He is a new player in La Liga, new at Real Madrid, and there is a lot of pressure there when that happens,” Morientes told an event hoste by LaLiga to review this season.
He is very young and has fighting for the top goalscorer for the year. His first half of the season was amazing.
“He’s had some ups and downs, which is normal for any young player, but I think his adaptation has extraordinary.
“The hardest thing for a player in a new league, a new culture and language, is adapting and he has shown his adaptation has fantastic.
“If we had aske ourselves at the beginning of season whether Bellingham would be the top scorer at Real Madrid few people would have thought he would have scored so many goals.
“They would have thought Rodrygo, Joselu or even Vinicius — the strikers — but Bellingham has shown he has adde facets to his abilities as a player and that is amazing at his age.