Champions League final: ‘Elegant’ Bellingham will fight for the Ballon d’Or

‘Amazing’ Jude Bellingham deserves to fight for the Ballon d’Or this year, according to former Real Madrid and Brazil star Kaka.
The 2007 winner – the last man to win it before a decade of Messi and Ronaldo dominance – praised the 20-year-old England man, who is preparing for Saturday’s Champions League final against Dortmund at Wembley.
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The Brazilian player said that Bellingham shows maturity beyond his years and plays with confidence, which means that he deserves to be on the list of the most honored in this game, which will be awarded in Paris on October 28.
Bellingham won La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup in his first season with Madrid and scored injury-time winners in both El Classico games against Barcelona.
Bellingham and Real Madrid team-mate Vinicius Jr are front-runners for the award, ahead of team-mates Toni Kroos, Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane, Phil Foden and Florian Wirtz, with many expecting the top decision to be decided by luck. of England in Euro 2024. and the results of Brazil in the Copa America.
Kaka spent four years at the Bernabeu, sandwiched between two spells with Milan, and told Sky Sports how impressed he was by the youngster from Birmingham and Dortmund.
“Jude is amazing,” he said. “He is a very good player. He is very young but he looks mature on the field.
“He plays with such eloquence, he looks mature – he seems to understand the game well, he has no fear on the field, he has always been very confident.
“I think he will fight for the Ballon d’Or and be the best player of the year.”
2007 Ballon d’Or winner Kaka gives his thoughts on who will win the Champions League 👇 pic.twitter.com/1Y4wiW8bBO
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) May 31, 2024
Bellingham manager Carlo Ancelotti was Kaka’s coach during his great seasons at the San Siro and described the Italian as ‘special.’
“For me, it’s the way he leads the team. I won’t tell the secret but it’s the most important thing for him, he has this ability to manage players, different players, high level players.
“It’s very difficult when you have a dressing room like the Real Madrid dressing room – everyone wants to play, everyone wants to be special, everyone has their own ambitions.
“Ancelotti drives that dressing room the same way. Everyone can understand when the team wins, everyone wins. That’s what makes him special.”
🇮🇹🗣️ Carlo Ancelotti: “Kaka arrived at Malpensa airport and I put my head in my hands: Eyeglasses, well-combed hair, the face of a good boy.”
“What was missing were school books and just a little food. My God, we signed a college student. Kaka never looked like a Brazilian… pic.twitter.com/ITDGj7Eq1U
– EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) April 30, 2024