Jude Bellingham on his way to being Real Madrid legend but they can never retire his shirt number like Birmingham
Jude Bellingham is already on his way to becoming a Real Madrid legend despite only playing just 12 games for the club.
It's easy to forget that Bellingham is just 20, but he's already established himself as the most integral player at one of, if not the, biggest club in the world.
Fans already adore the boy from Birmingham who has scored 11 goals in those 12 games.
It seems like every game he plays at the moment he's awarded man-of-the-match, he already has nine of them for club and country this season.
The £115million Madrid agreed to pay Borussia Dortmund over the summer looks like an absolute steal.
Next up for him will be his first El Clasico against Barcelona on Saturday.
«I don't see much in his game he can improve on,» Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy told talkSPORT.
«He's that good in every aspect. His self belief is amazing, athleticism is amazing, has awareness of where people are, great timing into the box, can make goals and score goals.
»I can't think of anyone else who is playing better than him at the moment. He's one of the best in the world, but just has to maintain it."
The only disappointing note, from an English perspective, were his comments about wanting to spend most of his career at Real Madrid.
«This is the club I want to be at for the next 10 to 15 years of my life,» he said. «I am loving it there. Carlo basically said this position is where he sees me.»
Now it does not look so silly that Birmingham City retired his number 22 shirt when he left for Dortmund, having played just 44 games.
Arsenal legend Ray Parlour told talkSPORT: «I can see why they retired his shirt now with how good he is. Everyone at the time was thinking 'why are you retiring his shirt?'
»What he's done so far in his career is
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