Bellingham: “I’m looking forward to testing myself against the other good teams”

MADRID, 17 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Real Madrid’s English midfielder, Jude Bellingham, already wants to start playing and “prove” his quality against “the other good teams”, while underlining his happiness from his first days as a Real Madrid player and having fit in “very well”. .

“I’m looking forward to being with all the teammates and meeting the whole team, wearing white and testing myself against the other good teams and of course building my fitness. It’s going to be really exciting in a couple of weeks.” Bellingham expressed in the club’s official media.

The Englishman describes his first days in the Merengue team as “a joy”. “I really enjoy being there with the teammates and learning from the staff. It’s a brilliant environment and I think I’ve fit in very well, so I’m very happy with everything that’s happened so far,” he said.

“The guys are great. I like to be with them, they are very kind people, no matter what they have won. They are very humble, they laugh, they speak English very well and my Spanish is good. It has been a lot of fun so far,” he added. about.

In this sense, he highlights Toni Kroos, “a teacher”. “Something that I have noticed is the detail in the pass, the ball falls where he wants it all the time. Now that I see him up close, it is a pleasure to receive a pass from him, but I want to show him what I can do too and thus see how our skills can be combined. I hope we can help each other to play well”, reflected the international.

Bellingham also places importance on preseason because it “prepares you for the season.” “How you want to start it is really important. We want to get off to a great start and if we’re all fit and plugged in, there’s a better chance of that happening,” he warned.

“Pintus wants to make us suffer, but that’s his job and he does it very well. I love it, he’s a good guy and he’s going to show in the long term the work we do now, which is better to do now than in the first 10- 15 games of the season”, he added about the requirement of the physical trainer of Real Madrid.

Finally, about his life in the capital, the young English footballer acknowledges that he has been “taking a few turns”, but that he still doesn’t know the city very well. “It’s important to soak up and get to know a new culture. I’ve been in Germany for three years, so I want to face it like I did there and enjoy life,” he said.