Real Madrid Receive Major Blow As Jude Bellingham Picks Up Serious Injury In Training

Real Madrid's La Liga campaign got off to a rocky beginning as the defending champions were held for a 1-1 draw against Mallorca in their season opener. There were a lot of expectations around Kylian Mbappe's La Liga debut but it turned out to be a frustrating night for him and his team.  

Real Madrid are all set to play Real Vallodolid this Sunday at the Santiago Bernabeu but prior to the match, the club has been rocked with a serious injury to a star player Jude Bellingham could rule him out for a month. 

Real Madrid's major injury blow 

With the addition of Kylian Mbappe, Real Madrid assembled a terrorizing trio of Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr and the Frenchman. The expectations are high around the trio but the in an unfortunate news the partnership has received a massive blow. 

The club in their official statement confirmed that Jude Bellingham picked up a big blow in his right leg during team training on Friday and was being evaluated by the staff. 

“Jude Bellingham suffered a blow, they are evaluating him,” said Carlo Ancelotti in his pre match press conference. 

As it turns out according to multiple reports Jude Bellingham's injury is serious than expected and the midfielder is expected to be out for at least a month. Bellingham has picked up a plantar fasciitis injury in his right leg. 

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How many matches will Jude Bellingham miss?

Jude Bellingham is expected to miss around a month and will be back after the international break. This means Bellingham will definitely miss Real Madrid's games against Vallodolid, Las Palmas and Real Betis in La Liga. 

Given there is no return date assigned to Jude Bellingham he could also miss out Real Madrid's La Liga games against Real Sociedad and RCD Espanyol. 

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This is a major cause of concern for Real Madrid as they now have two star midfielders missing from action at the start of season as Eduardo Camavinga picked up an injury for two months during Real Madrid's training session ahead of their UEFA Super Cup tie against Atalanta.