{"id":1224,"date":"2026-09-04T20:15:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2026-09-04T20:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:15:52","slug":"former-real-madrid-star-at-this-level-bellingham-is-the-best-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=1224","title":{"rendered":"Former Real Madrid star: \u2018At this level, Bellingham is the best in the world\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/real-madrid-26\">Real Madrid<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/player\/fran-garcia-279639\">Fran Garc\u00eda<\/a> has this week opened up on his admiration for the talents of Blancos standout <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/player\/jude-bellingham-343087\">Jude Bellingham<\/a>. This comes as the pair prepare to lock horns on the pitch as opponents for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Midfielder Bellingham has of course seen his name take its place centre stage in the headlines in Spain\u2019s capital over the early weeks of the new season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Fresh off a stellar campaign at the World Cup in England, the former Borussia Dortmund talent has carried his brilliant best back to the club stage, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>All told, across Real Madrid\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/competition\/laliga-10\/fixtures\">La Liga<\/a> outings of the term, Bellingham has directly contributed to four goals. His performances have been so much more than just output in the final third, though, with the 23-year-old dominating every aspect of the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>And one individual who appears unsurprised by the current level being showcased by Bellingham is ex-teammate Fran Garc\u00eda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking during an interview with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.as.com\/soccer\/former-real-madrid-defender-there-wasnt-a-better-replacement-than-mourinho-f202609-n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Diario AS<\/a><\/strong> ahead of Real Betis\u2019 clash with his former employers on Friday, left-back Fran was drawn on the name of the Englishman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>And the defender made use of the opportunity to lavish Bellingham in praise:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBellingham is playing his best football. He\u2019s more involved. If he\u2019s at this level, he\u2019s\u00a0the best in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cLast season was strange at Real Madrid. I think\u00a0the World Cup helped free him mentally. For me,\u00a0this is actually his best period at Madrid, even better than his first season. It\u2019s not just about goals anymore. He has a much bigger influence on the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/news\/former-real-madrid-star-at-this-level-bellingham-is-the-best-in-the-world-43402860\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Real Madrid star Fran Garc\u00eda has this week opened up on his admiration for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2Fv22Fphotobooth2Fcms2Fen2F434028603Fdate2026-09-04.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}