Jude Bellingham joins England camp for Euros ahead of departure to Germany after being given extra time off following Real Madrid’s Champions League triumph

Jude Bellingham has joined the England camp ahead of their departure for the European Championship on Monday.

The Three Lions warmed up for the upcoming tournament with friendlies against Bosnia and Iceland, with the latter losing at Wembley on Friday evening.

Bellingham was absent from both matches after being given extra time off following Real Madrid’s Champions League win.

The 20-year-old arrived at St Georges’ Park on Sunday with extra bounce after a fantastic season in the Spanish capital.

He was all smiles as he greeted the English staff and posed for a photo before heading into the building.

The 20-year-old was given time off after winning the Champions League with Real Madrid

Bellingham scored 23 goals and provided 13 assists in all competitions in a memorable season for Real Madrid.

However, Gareth Southgate insists England cannot rely solely on him if they want to win the European Championship.

“We’re not putting everything on Jude,” Southgate said. ‘It’s not his responsibility [to lift us]. It’s up to all of us to get the right focus, to make sure our mindset is right individually and as a coaching team we will make sure we work on the areas that need to be better than here.

“We have a lot of good players and it is a collective thing to try and win this tournament. If we rely on one person, it won’t be a team that wins.

‘He is of course a player with a fantastic mentality and will have a big impact on the whole group, but the most important thing about the last few games – and everyone was happy after Monday night against Bosnia – is that we never had the collective on the pitch at the same time.

Gareth Southgate insists England cannot rely solely on Bellingham if they want to win the European Championship

“Maybe it was a little closer against Iceland, but there are still players we are discovering and it really sharpens the focus of what we need to do in the build-up to the game against Serbia.”

England kick off their European Championship campaign next Sunday when they take on Serbia at the Veltins-Arena, home of Schalke.