Bellingham won the Golden Boy and is a figure of Madrid, but this European great slept on signing him

Without a doubt, one of the best, if not the best, signing that the last winter market has had has been that of Jude Bellingham. The young 20-year-old player attracted attention since he arrived at Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2020, arriving at just 17 years old, coming from Birmingham in his native country, England, where he dazzled as a great prospect.

With Borussia Dortmund, he quickly became a crucial piece of a great team that had players like Marco Reus, Erling Haaland and Manuel Akanji, being a young team that was looking for glory in a Bundesliga that had been dominated by Bayern Munich. For the summer of 2022, the Norwegian and Swiss left for Manchester City, so the Englishman became the second top player on the squad.

Without Haaland and Akanji, Borussia Dortmund was one goal away from becoming Bundesliga champion, after more than 11 years since Bayern Munich won consecutively. After that painful day, where Jude Bellingham cried on the lawn of Signal Iduna Park, Real Madrid managed to sign him in exchange for 103 million euros, greatly adding to the Casa Blanca.

With Real Madrid, the young Jude has revealed all his talent, establishing himself as an undisputed starter for Carlo Ancelotti, having a great scoring ability, rarely seen in a midfielder. In the 17 games he has played as Merengue, he has scored 15 goals between La Liga and the UEFA Champions League, winning the Kopa trophy for the best under-21 player in the world and the Golden Boy.

They fell asleep signing him

Jude Bellingham is the new jewel of England, who at 20 years old, already leads world football at the same level as Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland. However, his future could be different, because in 2019, Juventus approached him to sign him from Birmingham, but the player refused and signed a year later for Borussia Dortmund, where the rest is history. The former manager of the Vecchia Signora technical secretariat, Matteo Tognozzi, expressed his regret for not signing him, but acknowledged that he greatly appreciates the Englishman and that he will visit him in Madrid.