Bellingham urges Haaland: “Come to Real Madrid”

The English player is in regular contact with the Norwegian, with whom he spent two seasons at Dortmund. He has enthused about the greatness of the club, its history, the new Bernabéu...

It is already known that Haaland is crazy about seeing himself playing for Real Madrid one day. He likes Spain (he bought a house in Marbella, not too far his parents’ holiday home in Málaga) and was fascinated by Cristiano’s imperial Madrid during the triumphant Champions League years (2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018). Like many people, he watched in amazement when Los Blancos lifted their 14th European crown after a series of epic comebacks against PSG, Chelsea and City (he had signed for Guardiola’s team that summer).

His admiration for Madrid goes back a long way, and now he is getting an even more detailed picture of what life is like at the capital club from what his friend Jude Bellingham tells him. The pair spent two seasons together at Borussia Dortmund (2020 to 2022). During those two years, they cemented a friendship that endures to this day. The Norwegian scored an incredible 70 goals in 71 games during his time with the Ruhr-based outfit. Bellingham meanwhile, who was still just a teenager, scored 10 goals in his 90 games with the Borussers in those two seasons. Last season, without Haaland, he really came to the fore, ending the season with 14 goals, his best figures until he landed at the Bernabéu. In Madrid, he has completely demolished his career best - he is currently on 18 goals in 26 games and we are barely past the midway point of the season.

During the past few months, Jude has repeatedly mentioned to Erling that if he finally decides to sign for Madrid he would be making “the absolutely right move”. The Stourbridge-born