Xabi Alonso suffers his most significant loss, the starter who's missing 4M of the season

Xabi Alonso is delighted with the players he's going to have available in the squad, but what he regrets are the absences. Jude Bellingham has been playing with shoulder pain for a long time, using a brace that he finds uncomfortable. Now, they've decided to operate on him after the World Cup. 

"Jude Bellingham will be out for 3 to 4 months after his shoulder surgery," Alberto Pereiro said a few hours ago on X. The English midfielder is a very important player for Xabi, and he wants to give him a decisive role this season. The downside is that he's going to have to wait until this whole process is over.

The player has already confirmed that he'll have surgery when Real Madrid's run in this World Cup ends, and he hopes that'll be after the final. That way, he'll stop having shoulder pain and won't use a bandage anymore once he's fully recovered. This is something that has affected his performance on the field.

He wants his best version

Xabi is going to miss him in the coming months, but he believes that with Arda, Mastantuono, and Brahim he can cover his absence. Especially when it comes to his late runs into the box and his ability to thread passes. After that, Jude will regain the importance he's had so far, because they consider him a very special player.

Bellingham has known for quite some time that he had a pending surgery. Last summer he postponed it because of the Euros, and this time he didn't want to miss the Club World Cup. This time, he'll miss the start of the season with the Merengue team. 

They want him back

One of the coaching staff's goals is that when he recovers from his injury, people will see the best Jude Bellingham again. A few months ago, he was a much more agile and faster footballer, both in dribbling and in one-on-ones. The shoulder discomfort and the team's struggles have affected him, but that's something he can fix.

Xabi is sure that people still haven't seen Jude Bellingham's best matches and that he's going to succeed at the White club. People shouldn't forget that he'll turn 22 in a few days, and the room for improvement is huge.