In the Bellingham home, located in the West Midlands county within the town of Stourbridge, the only queen is called Denise and the hero is not named James Bond but Mark. Fruit of love, almost 21 years ago, was born judethe hope of an entire nation that is excited with songs by The Beatles in the background (for Hey Jude in the adidas commercialdistracted) in a Euro Cup that if held in German lands always has a special flavor for the English.
Sitting on the Wembley bench, three years ago, the first-born of the Bellinghams watched as his team lost on penalties against Italy in the Euro Cup final held in his country and extended his bad streak of not being crowned champion in a national team tournament. since 1966 (World Cup). Today he has revenge and, although he only has 3 goals in 29 games with the “Three Lions” team, he is the commander of the English attack.
The footballer who was a promise in 2021, today walks with credentials of being a reality. From Borussia Dortmund’s budding star to Real Madrid’s star player. Still, Jude Bellingham doesn’t know how to make his bed, he confessed. In this task he still received the support of his mother Denise, whom he calls “the queen” and from whom he has learned respect for work. After many years in the human resources department of a company, she left her job to accompany Jude on trips through Germany and Spain.
“The role my mother plays is enormous. “I think she probably plays the biggest role of all right now, probably even more than my coaches, to be honest,” he professed her love for Queen Denise way back when.
On the other hand, from Mark, his father, he learned that talent needs daily discipline to turn dreams into reality. The former English secret police officer stood out at home as a goalscorer in amateur football at minor clubs such as Leamington, Stourbridge and Sutton Coldfield Town. “When talking about football heroes, my father was the first of them. Going to see him play every game, knowing it wasn’t the Premier League but seeing the way he played and the atmosphere… that made me fall in love with football,” he said of his beloved father.
Meanwhile, Mark is credited with more than 700 goals, according to Daily Mail, in his 25-year career. Furthermore, when Jude left for German lands with his mother, it was his father who stayed in England with Jobe (17 years old), his youngest son. The family could break up, but the heartbeat of love was always the same.
The king midas’
If Real Madrid pays 103 million euros for you, they are not only announcing the new football figure to the world, they are also staging their marketing strategy so that the covers and reflectors fall on you. That’s what happened to Bellingham, then 19 years old, a year ago.
How did you respond? He became the first Real Madrid player to win the ‘Golden Boy’ dressed in merengue, dethroning Mbappé’s vote record (he got 485 out of 500), and on the pitch he responded with a phenomenal start to the season with 14 goals in his first 15 games. officers. With this mark, he broke the record that Cristiano Ronaldo had since 2009: 13 goals in 15 games.
“It has all the bases, it has excellent reinforced cement to become one, but let’s see what happens from next January onwards. At the moment he is the ‘King Midas’ of football. He touches something and turns it into gold,” said Massimo Franchi, Tuttosport journalist and creator of the Golden Boy.
With Real Madrid he won LaLiga and the Champions League. In the classics against Barcelona he was key in both Catalonia and Chamartín, scoring the goals in both victories (1-2, 3-2)
Now, in the bloody fight to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or, one thing is very likely, the winner will wear the silks of Real Madrid. And, furthermore, these days he has a challenge that will define whether or not he takes home the trophy, the Euro Cup or the Copa América.
It is understood that three of the four candidates are Kilyan Mbappé, new jewel in Madrid’s crown and captain of France in the Euro in Germany; Vinícius Júnior and his Brazilian feints who want to dethrone Argentina in the Copa América in the United States, while the third is an ‘outsider’ who is gaining votes every day: Jude Bellingham. The fourth in the race is Erling Haaland and a couple of weeks ago he was on vacation in Norway.
Of those mentioned, the 20-year-old Englishman (he will turn 21 on June 29) bears the obligation that has followed his team for decades: to break the streak and become champion. In the World Cups, they have not celebrated since 1966, and in the Euro Cup they are the current runners-up.
If there is a motivation in Bellingham’s heart, it will be to fill the eyes of Denise and Mark, and to be the example for Jobe. Nothing is stronger than the love of family to feel invincible.
Source: Elcomercio
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