Jude Bellingham spoke about everything related to his shoulder injury through his channel on YouTube, where he also shared the video of the operation this week. The Real Madrid player showed his regret for having continued playing with pain instead of stopping to undergo surgery, something he finally had to do at the end of last season.
The England midfielder arrived at Real Madrid with his left shoulder injured after suffering an injury at Borussia. “In my last season at Dortmund, at the beginning they already told me that I had to have surgery on my shoulder after a bad fall. I knew something was wrong, but it was August-September and the World Cup was in December, so I didn’t have surgery. Then I started to feel fine. When I arrived at Madrid, I had no pain,” he recalled.
Bad luck meant that in a match against Rayo Vallecano he was injured again in the same area. Since then, he has played conditioned by this physical problem at Real Madrid. “It all started on the day of the match against Rayo. It was the most painful sensation I had experienced up to that moment; I had never felt so much pain. It seemed to me that it took an eternity until they put it back in place, and it was only 90 seconds from the time they entered the field until it was in place. Before, I was able to put it back in place myself when it came out,” he said.
“Everyone was telling me that I had to have surgery, but it was my first year at Real Madrid and I didn’t want to let the team down and be out for three months. The shoulder injury had a big impact on the rest of my body. I didn’t feel much pain, but playing knowing that if I fell I could dislocate it again meant that I couldn’t perform at my best,” he said.
“After losing the Euro final against Spain, I didn’t want that to be my last involvement for three months, but that would have been the best time to have surgery. I decided to go on for another year and I shouldn’t have done it,” she admitted. “Last year made me realise that I couldn’t take it for granted that I would win again. Now I’m in better physical shape and I can get back to my level,” she said.
