Real Madrid talisman reveals how life has come full circle for him at the club | OneFootball

With 18 goals and four assists to his name this season, Jude Bellingham is right up there as one of the most influential names in world football.

His exploits for club and country across various competitions make him one of the favourites to take home some big individual awards at the end of the season.

The youngster won his first-ever domestic league title with Real Madrid earlier this week and is ninety minutes away from a potential UCL final against his former team – Borussia Dortmund.

Bellingham’s anecdote

Speaking to Movistar Plus recently, the Real Madrid starlet revealed how life had come a full turn for him with an interesting story involving his father.

“My dad always wore a Madrid shirt around the house with ‘Zidane 5’ on the back, which is funny because it’s come full circle in a way. It was given to me by him when I came here in the summer.”

“He was always wearing it and I always said to him ‘who’s that guy on your shirt?’ And he always said, ‘when you grow up we’ll put it on YouTube’. And now that I’m wearing the ‘5’, it’s ended up being a really meaningful, really nice story for me,” he added.

Real Madrid icon Zinedine Zidane. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Considering how Zidane etched history for Los Blancos donning the prestigious number 5 and became one of the club’s biggest-ever legends, Bellingham is a deserving heir to the kit.

While his start to life in Madrid was explosive, the Englishman has fallen off in recent months compared to his form at the beginning of the season. Needless to say, his importance in the team continues to be paramount.

Recovering his best shape

Bellingham started Real Madrid’s big Champions League clash against Bayern Munich last week but was far from his decisive best on the night.

After the game, however, reports revealed that the player was just recovering from an illness that kept him out of training for the entire week building up to the clash.

The youngster played 24 minutes at the weekend for the men in white, scoring one goal and providing two key passes. It is clear that he is recovering his best form, and it could not come at a better time with the reverse fixture against the Bavarians just days away.