Disappointing season for Real Madrid. And it is no coincidence that the Madrid press is already trying to turn the page by already projecting itself on the Xabi Alonso era, and all the Mercato rumors that ignite the news of the capital's club. The management itself tries to forget this exercise 2024/2025 which, without being catastrophic, however, ended without the slightest major title. The arrival of Dean Huijsen was thus confirmed, and that of Trent Alexander-Arnold should be soon. Then, Alvaro Carreras, the left side of Benfica, should be the third summer reinforcement Madrid.
But within Real Madrid we know that recruits will not be enough, and that if the Merengues want to avoid new disappointments and avoid a new domination of Barça on the national scene, it will be necessary to demand much more from certain players. This is the case of Vinicius JR, of Rodrygo if he were to stay, but especially Jude Bellingham, author of a rather average season.
He was cropped in private
As indicated Marcamanagement and technical staff have already mentioned the case of English, which was according to them very far from its usual level, during several meetings. The British midfielder did not respond in the big meetings and will have, throughout the season, was disappointing in big games. Far from the Bellingham of his first season in Madrid, which had amazed everyone. The statistical component is rather speaking: last season, the Englishman finished with 19 goals in Liga, against 8 this season.
And above all, the club's thinking heads have already informed English that he will have to raise the level. The Three Lions star is already aware that she will have to do much better from the start of the Club World Cup. In addition to his fairly average services, his attitude on the field also raises questions, since we have seen fairly provocative English and at the limit of fair play several times this season. He also got into the habit of protesting the decisions of the referees in a fairly vehement way, which does not please Madrid, where we had already cropped Vinicius Jr on this subject. Jude Bellingham knows what to expect …
