Bellingham ready for Real ‘crazy’ Champions League final

Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham during a training session in Madrid on Wednesday. Pic/Getty Images

Jude Bellingham's first year at Real Madrid started in unbelievable fashion amid a whirlwind of goals, but the ending could be more incredible still.

With the Spanish title in the bag Madrid are aiming for a fifth La Liga and Champions League double, against the England international's former team Borussia Dortmund in Saturday's Wembley final.

"It's such a big game, my first Champions League final, back home in England against my old team - it's a crazy one, I couldn't have dreamed it any better," Bellingham told reporters this week.

Best player in La Liga

The midfielder was voted La Liga's player of the season on Wednesday. Bellingham scored 19 league goals and four in Europe on the way to the final. Arriving at Real Madrid last summer, he revealed his love of former midfield great Zinedine Zidane and even took the Frenchman's number five shirt in homage.

However Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti had other plans for Bellingham, a classy centre-midfielder at Dortmund, putting him straight into the space vacated by striker Karim Benzema's departure. It paid instant dividends, with 13 goals in his first 13 games. Did he anticipate this kind of impact?

‘Came here expecting to win'

"I came here expecting to win. I came here because I wanted to win, and to expect it, it's a bit greedy almost, but you have to be confident when you're playing with so many great players," admitted Bellingham.

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