Real Madrid Confidencial This Real Madrid footballer heads to the operating room: he won't start the 25-26 season.
Bellingham will undergo surgery on his left shoulder after the Club World Cup and won't be in preseason
Jude Bellingham will undergo surgery this summer. This is confirmed by the newspaper Marca, which points to an operation after the Club World Cup.
The English midfielder from Real Madrid has been dealing with shoulder problems for over a year. Despite the effort and protections, the pain persists.
The surgery will be after the Club World Cup
Real Madrid has already decided. The operation will take place after the FIFA Club World Cup, which is held in the United States this summer.
Bellingham will play the tournament with his usual protection. But once the competition ends, he will undergo surgery.
The goal is to definitively correct the injury he has been carrying for months. The shoulder needs to be reconstructed to prevent new relapses.
Out for the start of the 2025-26 season
The surgical intervention will prevent him from starting the next season. The estimated recovery time is at least two months.
That means he won't be available for the preseason or the first matches of LaLiga 2025-26.
The club already accepts this. They prefer Bellingham to recover well, even if it means losing him for a few weeks.
Bellingham has played the entire season with a kind of armor on his shoulder. This measure has allowed him to compete, but it is not the definitive solution.
The ailment has even affected his way of falling to the ground or contesting divided balls. It has been a constant burden in his second year.
Even so, his numbers are impressive. He has scored key goals and has been decisive on big nights.
A strategic decision
Real Madrid considers the player's health a priority. Bellingham is a central part of the project, and his future must be secured.
Operating on him after the Club World Cup will allow the shoulder chapter to be closed before the decisive stretch of the next season.
Jude Bellingham will be operated on this summer. He won't start the 2025-26 season with the rest of the squad. But the club trusts he will come back stronger than ever.
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