Last Updated: October 31, 2023, 09:27 IST
Jude Bellingham received the Kopa Trophy (Reuters)
Jude Bellingham mentioned he was focusing on Euro 2024 glory with England after profitable the Kopa Trophy for the greatest participant of final season aged underneath 21.
England and Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham hopes to win all the things on provide this season after being awarded the Kopa Trophy for the greatest Under-21 participant in the world on Monday.
Bellingham, 20, has been in ominous type with Real after becoming a member of from Borussia Dortmund throughout the shut season, scoring 13 objectives from 13 aggressive matches.
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But the Kopa Trophy rewards his performances final season. In his closing marketing campaign with Borussia Dortmund, Bellingham scored 14 occasions in 42 video games as they got here second in the Bundesliga. He additionally helped England attain the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar.
“I am really grateful to Dortmund for the opportunities they gave me over the years and especially last year, to be a leading player and someone who helped the team to win games,” Bellingham instructed AFP and different media after gathering his prize.
“I think I took that responsibility on quite well and all said I think I had a good year so I am very happy.”
He succeeds Barcelona and Spain midfielder Gavi as the winner of the trophy named after former Real Madrid and France star Raymond Kopa.
Kylian Mbappe and Matthijs de Ligt are additionally former winners of the award, which is voted for by earlier winners of the males’s Ballon d’Or.
Bellingham additionally ranked 18th in the voting for this 12 months’s Ballon d’Or, recognised as the most prestigious particular person prize in soccer.
Now settled in Spain, Bellingham is hoping for the sort of success with membership and nation this season that may make him a real contender to win the Ballon d’Or subsequent 12 months.
“The aim is to try to win everything with England and with Madrid,” he mentioned of his targets for the months forward.
“It is important that I try to give everything I have got at the moment towards that.”
Of England’s prospects at the upcoming European Championship in Germany, he added: “I am definitely confident, we are one of the favourites going into the tournament now and it is important that we quit the talking and finally perform in front of our fans.”
(With inputs from Agencies)
