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Jude Bellingham responds to David Beckham’s Real Madrid message & reveals how his Spanish lessons are coming along.
Jude Bellingham acknowledges that after moving to Real Madrid for €103 million (£88 million/$112 million), David Beckham sent him a good luck message.
The 20-year-old midfielder has joined the ranks at Santiago Bernabeu as the most recent England international, joining a select club of Three Lions greats who have played for the Blancos.
Following his contentious split from Manchester United and before taking on an MLS challenge with the LA Galaxy, Beckham spent four years in Spain between 2003 and 2007. Beckham has given Bellingham some advice.
Bellingham, who has left Borussia Dortmund in a nine-figure transfer deal, has said of the well wishes he has received: “David Beckham messaged me briefly to wish me all the best. It is one of those moves where everyone has their input from the outside so you do hear a lot of things and advice, I am quite good at filtering out the good from the bad, so far it has been really positive from ex-players. I will try and take that on board and at some point maybe get in touch with them and see how they adapted to life in Spain.”
Bellingham insists that he is not under any pressure as he prepares to make his Real debut, although he does have a language barrier as he intensifies his Spanish lessons.
Pressed on how that process is coming along, with a learning app being used at present, the talented youngster said: “I have got it on my phone, I’ve got a good little streak going at the minute. It’s nine days since I started taking it properly seriously. It is one of those things where you hear it and you start to pick up little things and you see it on TV with interviews of other players, so it comes a bit more naturally than you think. It is a lot easier than trying to learn German at least. I did Spanish at school up to year 9, obviously, in hindsight, I would have carried it on.”
As part of an American tour, Real will play friendly matches against AC Milan, Manchester United, Barcelona, and Juventus this summer. On August 13, their 2023–24 La Liga season will begin against Athletic Club.