By Alfredo Echenique
28 Oct 2023, 16:45 PM EDT
The great protagonist of the Spanish Classic was Jude Bellingham. The Englishman scored a double against FC Barcelona in Montjuic to give Real Madrid the victory and remain alone at the top of the Spanish LaLiga.
The young British man, barely 20 years old, is the top scorer in the Spanish championship with 10 goals in just 11 games. Proving to demonstrate why Real Madrid paid $120 million dollars for his transfer this summer.
One who seems to enjoy and celebrate this good moment for Bellingham is his friend and former teammate Erling Haaland. The Norwegian and the Englishman coincided at Borussia Dortmund for two seasons.
During this time they became good friends and Haaland even stated that he tried to convince Jude to go to Manchester City this summer to share a dressing room again at a major European club. However, the Englishman decided to go to Real Madrid.
But despite going their separate ways, the Norwegian forward continues to support him at every step of his career and Haaland recently uploaded a story to his Instagram account in which he is seen following the Clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Furthermore, Haaland’s support from a distance seems to have worked, as Bellingham scored two goals and Haaland took the opportunity to proudly show his friend from his social network with the phrase “this boy is not real” as the text that accompanied the video of Haaland’s first goal. Jude.
Both players, who earned Dortmund more than $200 million from their sales, are having incredible seasons with their clubs. In his first year, Haaland scored 52 goals and this year he has nine in nine games. While Bellingham has 10 in 11 games.
Ancelotti predicts 20 and 25 goals for Bellingham
After the match against FC Barcelona, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti spoke about Jude Bellingham’s incredible current form and how surprised he is. “Yes, we are surprised, at his level and at his effectiveness above all. He comes from the second line. “Today he surprised with the shot with a wonderful goal from the front,” he analyzed.
On the other hand, the Italian strategist predicted that the young Briton could close a season with 20 or even 25 goals. “He can reach 20-25 goals easily, because he has started very well. We don’t consider him a scorer, but at the moment he is scoring a lot of goals. Although we expect a lot, too, from the forwards,” “Carleto” closed.
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