Like any superstar player, especially a Real Madrid superstar, Jude Bellingham is a major topic of conversation, contention, and controversy. Those who dislike Real Madrid and/or those jealous of the England international’s success are quick to cross the line of constructive criticism into falsehoods or outright personal attacks.
Despite winning LaLiga and the Champions League in his first season at Real Madrid while contending for the top goal-scoring award in league play, there are those who view England’s best player at Euro 2024 as overrated.
Worse yet, there are those, including anonymous sources within the England locker room, trying to paint Bellingham as an arrogant or self-centered player who is not a leader.
To those who call Jude Bellingham egotistic or arrogant, the 21-year-old Real Madrid center midfielder has a simple and, if anything, humble response to the uncalled for personal attacks.
He said on his new “Out of the Floodlights” documentary, via Madrid Universal, “I get called arrogant a lot. There’s too much negativity but I’m a really normal guy.”
Fans are as bad as the media these days. They like to paint superstars in a negative light to strum up interactions, especially now that people can pay a fee on X.com to make money for impressions.
Jude is just like anyone else. A normal, flawed human being with loads of positive traits who is trying to do his best to be his best at the thing he loves. And the rest of us respect him for it and enjoy watching him play every weekend.
The managing editor of The Trivela Effect, Kevin has 15 years of experience in digital media. He covered Real Madrid from 2019-2022 for The Real Champs as a site manager. His work has been featured in ESPN, Bleacher Report, Yahoo! Sports, NBC Sports, and other major outlets. You can contact him at the site’s official Twitter handle @TrivelaEffect or via the site’s official email thetrivelaeffect@gmail.com.