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D’OR BELL Gareth Bale ‘challeged’ Bellingham completed hard ‘national mission’ in Euro 2024 with ‘fascinating reward’

Football — 05/27/2024

If Jude Bellingham leads England to victory in the Euros, GARETH BALE will support him to win the Ballon d’Or.

Bellingham has been a revelation for Real Madrid since his £115million summer deal from Borussia Dortmund

With 23 goals in his first season, the 20-year-old midfielder for Real Madrid has lit up the Bernabeu club, helping them win the Spanish championship and advance to the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund.

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When he was at Liverpool in 2001, Michael Owen became the final Englishman to win the greatest individual award in world football.

Vinicius Junior, Bellingham’s Brazilian teammate, is a strong contender for the honor.

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The winner of this summer’s Euros and Copa America, according to former Real star Bale, will be determined by both events.

Five-time Champions League champion Gareth Bale of Los Blancos stated: “Winning that trophy is going to be greatly aided by having a major international tournament.”

“I suppose there’s a lot to play for because winning the Copa America also counts toward winning the Ballon d’Or, which requires winning team trophies, as Lionel Messi accomplished a few years ago.

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“Obviously, Bellingham has put in a lot of hard work already, but there is still much to prove.

“He’s had a terrific first season and has blended right in.

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“He’s won the league, and winning a Champions League in your first season is undoubtedly a fantastic accomplishment and gives you the motivation to keep going,” the player said.

Bellingham was included in Gareth Southgate’s 33-man provisional Three Lions team for Euro 2024 on Tuesday.

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First and foremost, though, the former star of Birmingham, who signed a £115 million deal with Real Madrid last summer, hopes to win the team’s 15th European Cup at Wembley this Saturday, where Bale will be supporting his former team.

Eleven years ago, the 34-year-old Wales hero, then 34, won the Champions League at the conclusion of his first season in Spain after joining Real from Tottenham in a then-world record-breaking £86 million trade.

Speaking, however, at a Mastercard event to introduce the Pledge Ball—a football constructed from recycled boots that includes commitments etched by the football community to support sustainability—Bale also acknowledged that Bellingham’s immediate impact under Carlo Ancelotti has surprised even him.

“I don’t think anyone expected it,” he continued. His prior performance did not indicate that he was capable of scoring that many goals.

“But the Madrid team is much younger, and he’s presumably playing in a more advanced role there. The setting is cozier.”