After leaving BVB, Jude Bellingham made a perfect start to the season at Real Madrid. The young Englishman scored freely in the first few games in Spain – now he is even expected to play up front.
Four goals and an assist in his first three appearances for Real Madrid not only made Jude Bellingham one of the most important players in the star-studded squad straight away. The 20-year-old is currently the top scorer in his team and also the top scorer in LaLiga.
As the Spanish newspaper “Marca” now reports with a view to the upcoming game against Getafe on Saturday (4:15 p.m.), Bellingham could no longer play as a tenth behind the strikers, but could attack in the front row himself.
How does Ancelotti react to Vinícius Junior’s absence?
However, the background is not only Bellingham’s sensational goal quota: in the narrow 1-0 win at Celta Vigo, when the ex-BVB star scored the winning goal with his head in the 81st minute, superstar Vinícius Junior was injured. According to “Marca”, the Brazilian will be out for six weeks, which means he will also miss the first day of the new season in the Champions League.
After Karim Benzema’s departure to Saudi Arabia, Vinícius Junior formed a dual attack alongside Rodrygo. Jude Bellingham took over the role of ten behind in a 4-3-1-2 system.
After the absence of Vinícius Junior, head coach Carlo Ancelotti only has two real alternatives in attack with returnee Brahim Diaz and ex-Frankfurt Joselu. Against Celta Vigo he sent Joselu onto the field, who from then on acted as the sole target player. Rodrygo mostly switched to the left wing.
However, one possibility according to “Marca” would be to rely on a system in which Jude Bellingham moves into the double leadership alongside Rodrygo. Vinícius Junior’s failure would then be offset by Toni Kroos or Luka Modric. One of the two would pull the strings alongside Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouameni in midfield. Against Vigo, the experienced superstars only came into play from the bench.