Real Madrid and England footballer Jude Bellingham has predicted the young player at Euro 2024 who he believes could outshine him. The England international has singled out a teammate who will be ‘better than him’ as he continues to impress in Germany where the UEFA Euro 2024 kicked off earlier this month.
Bellingham had a brilliant campaign at Real Madrid recently as he helped them win the UEFA Champions League trophy. The English talent made 42 appearances for Los Blancos last season, finding the back of the net 23 times and securing 13 assists in all competitions.
The 20-year-old was awarded the prestigious title of the 2023 Golden Boy for being Europe’s best under-21 player. Despite his incredible achievements, Bellingham has singled out Arda Guler who he believes can be ‘better than him’.
Massimo Franchi, who is the founder of the Golden Boy award, shared a conversation he had with Bellingham at last year’s Golden Boy awards ceremony.
In an interview with German outlet Frankfurter Rundschau, Franchi said,
“At the time, he told me that his brother Jobe, who plays for Sunderland, could be one of the favourites for the 2024 award.
“He is a great talent, but of course that was just a joke, because Jobe does not yet play for a Premier League club and is therefore excluded from the current rankings according to Golden Boy rules.
“Jude also told me in December last year that Real Madrid have a fantastic young player who is perhaps even a little better than him: Turkey’s Arda Güler, who scored an outstanding goal against Albania.
“According to Bellingham, he would show incredible things in training. Güler is only 19 years old.”
Guler also received words of praise from both his and Bellingham’s Real Madrid teammate, Luka Modic. Back in October, the Croatia international said,
“I love him, he’s a great kid. He has this eagerness to learn, to get better, to listen. He’s a great talent.
“Unfortunately, he got injured when he came to Madrid, then he recovered and maybe he wanted to force things to come back earlier because he wanted to show his talent to Madrid and got injured again.
“The other day I told him he needs to take things calmly, to go little by little, and that he’s young so he has time to show his quality and his talent to Madrid fans.
“I wish him all the best. Hopefully now when he comes back he will start showing his quality but the most important thing about him is he’s a great, great kid.”
