Bellingham just won the “Oscar of sports” – Laureus World Sports Awards, as the athlete with the biggest breakthrough in 2024. He is also the first football player in history to win this title. Only 20 years old, Bellingham is having an extremely bright season with Real Madrid. Playing as an attacking midfielder, the English player has fascinated Spanish fans with his recent achievements of 21 goals and 10 assists, after a total of 36 matches.
“The decision to come to Real Madrid is the wisest decision of my life so far”, Bellingham expressed after scoring the decisive goal to help Real Madrid defeat rival Barcelona with a score of 3-2 to build Probably at the top of La Liga (11 points ahead of the opponent before the last 6 rounds).
Just one day after the “Super Classic” match above, Bellingham also became the focus of world football when winning the award from the Laureus Sport organization. This award along with the titles “Golden Boy” ( Tuttosport magazine, Italy) and Kopa Cup ( France Football , France) are all won in 2023 for the best young players under 21 years old in the world. Helping this British star become the brightest candidate to win the 2024 Golden Ball title.
“There is no doubt that Bellingham is the brightest player in European football today. This player’s contribution to a great club like Real Madrid is truly too great, which further affirms him. “He is the biggest star of the team when he is only 20 years old. Even more surprising, he is also a player from England”, Marca (Spain) expressed.
Compared to Erling Haaland, Bellingham was not highly appreciated (likely to win the Golden Ball) when both previously played for Borussia Dortmund, and chose to go to Man.City and Real Madrid respectively. The other person is striker Kylian Mbappe (PSG). All three players are considered a new generation, replacing two seniors, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who are no longer playing in Europe.
The 2023 – 2024 season is the measure for these three stars to compete for the 2024 Golden Ball title, after Messi set a record for winning this award for the 8th time last year. But Haaland is gradually losing his breath. Although he still holds the scoring record, in big matches, the 23-year-old Man.City star “disappears”. While Bellingham often scores important goals, bringing Real Madrid to the semi-finals of the Champions League and about to win La Liga.
“The competition for the 2024 Golden Ball may only be a two-horse race between Bellingham and Mbappe, the player who also brought PSG to the semi-finals of the Champions League. They could also be opponents in the Champions League final above. Wembley Stadium on June 2 (in the semi-finals of this tournament, Real Madrid will meet Bayern Munich, and PSG will meet Borussia Dortmund). Next, EURO 2024 will also be another big push for Bellingham and Mbappe to confirm their position officially put the era of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the past”, Marca newspaper shared.
