Jude Bellingham admits to being "less selfish" this season after finally ending his 14-game goal drought for Real Madrid.
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Hit 23 goals for Los Blancos last seasonEnd product hard to come by this termOpened account for campaign vs OsasunaFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
The England international was a revelation for Los Blancos during his debut campaign at Santigo Bernabeu, hitting 23 goals en route to claiming La Liga and Champions League titles. Those exploits put the 21-year-old midfielder in Ballon d’Or contention.
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Having failed to find the target in Real’s final two games of the 2023-24 campaign, Bellingham opened the new season with a 12-game run that saw him draw a blank in the final third. Questions were asked about his diminishing output, but he has been shifted deeper for new ‘Galactico’ Kylian Mbappe to lead the line.
WHAT BELLINGHAM SAID
Bellingham was back among the goals in Real’s 4-0 demolition of Osasuna – as Vinicius Junior bagged a hat-trick – and told reporters afterwards when addressing his lack of end product: “I played as I always do, but this time I scored a goal. There was a lot of talk about me because I scored a lot of goals last season, but my role has changed this season to other areas of the pitch.
“I will do anything for the good of the team. I have been less selfish and I would like to continue like this. My objective is to help the team in any way I can.”
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The odd fitness setback has done little to aid Bellingham’s cause this season, but he is now fit and firing and will be hoping to make a positive contribution in England’s upcoming UEFA Nations League fixtures before returning to Madrid.
