Ex-Real Madrid star Zinedine Zidane has today revealed his admiration for a current member of the club’s midfield ranks.
The player in question? Jude Bellingham.
Midfielder Bellingham has of course dominated the headlines in not only Spain, but across all of Europe, to this point in the 2023/24 campaign.
This comes as the England international continues to dazzle for Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid.
All told, across his first 29 appearances in the colours of Los Blancos, Bellingham, remarkably, has racked up 28 goal contributions.
Such scintillating form has even seen the 20-year-old receive early shouts for the next Ballon d’Or award.
And, as alluded to above, on Tuesday, Bellingham’s ever-growing list of public admirers has been added to by one of the most notable names in the history of European football’s most successful club.
Speaking in an interview with Diario AS, Zinedine Zidane was asked for his thoughts on Bellingham’s start to life in Spain’s capital.
And the Frenchman – who of course shone as both a player and manager at the Santiago Bernabéu – first made use of the opportunity to lavish praise on the former Borussia Dortmund starlet:
“I’m a big fan of Jude Bellingham. He’s an incredible player, he’s doing incredible things.”
From here, Zidane then revealed his one ‘wish’ for Bellingham moving forward:
“Now we want him to win trophies with Real Madrid, this is what I wish him.”
Conor Laird | GSFN
