Jude Bellingham reveals which Real Madrid wonderkid will be even better than him with the youngster already doing ‘incredible things’ in training

Jude Bellingham is somehow still only 20, despite his stratospheric rise in the game, but he has reportedly already identified the player who will go on to do bigger and better things than himself.

After bursting onto the scene as a prodigious talent at Birmingham, Bellingham moved to Borussia Dortmund in 2020, where he would make 132 appearances and appear on the radar of the biggest team of them all.

Real Madrid ultimately won the race to sign the midfielder for £113m last summer and he has since fitted in like a glove at the Bernabeu, earning himself the best player in LaLiga in his first term.

In such a short space of time, he has become second only to Harry Kane in terms of his importance to the England team, and is now considered one of the best in the world in his position.

Yet the midfielder with the world at his feet has already told the creator of the Goldenboy award – which he won in 2023 – that he believes one of his teammates will actually surpass his talents.

He has become perhaps the second most important player for England after Harry Kane

Yet he has found one true Madrid star who could surpass even his own talents

“Last December, Jude Bellingham told me that Real Madrid had a fantastic young player who might even be slightly better than him: Arda Guler,” Massimo Franchi said in an interview.

“He told me he shows incredible things in training.”

Guler joined Bellingham last summer, arriving in the Spanish capital last summer after coming through the ranks at Fenerbahce in Turkey, albeit for a slightly more modest £17million.

There he was considered one of the most promising talents to develop in a long time.

However, in his first season he suffered a number of setbacks due to injuries, meaning the attacking midfielder was left without regular playing time until the end of the season.

But after just 31 minutes of action in his first five league games, he earned a more prominent place in the side, confirming Carlo Ancelotti’s call with five goals in his last five LaLiga appearances.

Despite a stop-start season, that form was enough to get him called up to the Turkish squad for the European Championships, and he has already made his presence felt.

In one of the matches of the tournament so far, Turkey defeated Georgia 3-1, with Guler scoring a sensational goal in the second half.

Guler was a constant presence in attack and decided to take the game by the scruff of the neck when he latched onto a pass, dribbled towards goal and curled his effort into the top corner to make it 2-1.

Güler scored an incredible goal in the second half to restore Turkey’s lead against Georgia

The Real Madrid star’s quiet celebration came after his brilliant Euro 2024 goal from the tournament contender

The aptly named ‘Turkish Messi’ looked in disbelief as he ran towards the corner flag in celebration before being mobbed by teammates as Turkey forced themselves back in front.

His incredible finish from 30 yards out even made Turkey manager Vincenzo Montella jump for joy as people in the technical area hugged each other in ecstatic celebration.