The controversies surrounding the just concluded Ballon d'Or ceremony will go down in history as one of the most controversially decided Ballon d'Or in history. However, the allegation from Real Madrid pointed out that they supported Vinicius's winning the award, and if worse comes to worst, the award should go to Dani Carvajal, with Bellingham not seeming to be in the picture. Does that send a shocker to the football world, despite the great start of this young player? Below are explanations of some of these issues, expert picks, and odds on the English international.
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| Market | Odds | |
| Over | Under | |
| Total Goals (7.5) | 1.96 | 1.75 |
| Total Yellow Cards (3.5) | 2.2 | 1.60 |
| Total Red Cards (0.5) | 4.00 | 1.20 |
Bellingham started his Real Madrid journey on a very high note but cooled down towards the end of the season, and discussion about the Ballon d'Or quickly changed to Vinicius after Real Madrid won the Champions League. Nonetheless, his exceptional performance in the league earned him La Liga Player of the Year with 19 goals and six assists. He was able to get 36 goal contributions for the team last season. However, during the summer, Real Madrid signed Kylian Mbappé, which changed the goal-scoring prowess of the Englishman. This season, Jude Bellingham has not scored in 11 games he has played so far, but the team seems not worried about this.
We're satisfied with his work; I'm very satisfied. He works a lot, he's always present, he competes, he fights, he sacrifices himself. It's true he hasn't scored the goals he scored last year, but the surprise isn't this year. The surprise was last year, when he scored many goals that nobody expected, which helped us a lot. The problem this year isn't that we're lacking Bellingham's goals. We've always scored goals, and we'll always score because we have talented players up front. For us, at this moment, the work he's doing is more important than the goals he scored last year.
What’s Next for Jude Bellingham?
Jude Bellingham played the whole of last season as a false 9 to replace Benzema, which he did very well. But now, with the arrival of Mbappé, we can’t expect too many goals from him. Nevertheless, he is a hungry player who can score from all angles, so he should be able to score eight league goals this season with almost 30 games left to play.
- Bet: Jude Bellingham to Score Over 7.5 Goals for 1.96 odds
