Real Madrid will have to do it without Jude Bellingham for at least the first few months of the coming season 2025-26, with the English midfielder going to have an operation on a disturbing shoulder injury.
Bellingham sustained the injury in the first few months of the 2023-24 season in a scoreless draw against Rayo Vallecano, and since then he has been wearing a brace. The cover on that brace has gradually got worse as the pain increased, and earlier this year it was decided that enough was enough – that's why Bellingham made the decision to go under the knife.
It has been two weeks since the Operation of Bellingham and he has now started his recovery. As part of this, he has been on vacation, with photos that have now surfaced that he spends time from football. And in particular, in particular one photo has shown the aftermath of his operation, with a striking scar on his left shoulder.
As mentioned, Bellingham is set for a considerable spell on the sidelines if he recovers from an operation, where the plan is out of operation for three months. If that is the case, he would all appear his first of the 2025-26 season after the international break of October, all good.
Fortunately, Real Madrid is well covered for the absence of Bellingham, where head coach Xabi Alonso Brahim Diaz, Arda Guler and new signing Franco Masantuono has players who can work as an attacking midfielder. All three are very able to fill the void that has been left by the English International.
There is no doubt that Bellingham will be a big miss for Real Madrid, given the impact he made since he arrived from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2023. However, they should be good without him, given the power they have.