Sol Campbell: If you can go to Real Madrid, there’s no point going back to the Premier League

Jude Bellingham is considered to be the best talent in the world. The 19-year-old midfielder has been playing professional adult football for three years and is wanted by the best teams in the world. Sol Campbell would advise him not to return to England, but to head to Spain.

Watching Bellingham on the pitch, you are often struck by the maturity of this youngster. The player, born only in 2003, has the physical attributes of a 26-year-old at his peak and looks like he has the experience and smarts of a 35-year-old matador.

He plays with absolutely no fear, he allows himself to do big things and he is already becoming a leader. He has worn the captain’s armband at Borussia Dortmund at times, and England were treated to a video of him being the only one to go and cheer Harry Kane after a missed penalty against France in the World Cup quarter-finals.

There will be a big fight for him in the summer transfer market. According to the media, Real Madrid are now the front-runners, but Liverpool will also do everything to get Bellingham. Not to mention the fact that Manchester City and Manchester United are also ready to drop a big chunk of money.

Real Madrid is one of the most historic clubs and Bellingham would be perfect for Real Madrid. He is young, he needs the right club and the right coach. Real is a club that works great with young players and makes sure the youngsters grow. And at Real, if you are good, you stay for many years,” Sol Campbell said in an interview with MARCA newspaper.

“Bellingham would make Real Madrid better. It would be difficult at the beginning because he is young and Real is a big club and you have to stand the pressure, but once he gets used to it, he has the right environment around him,” the legendary Arsenal stopper added.

However, there is an opinion in the English environment that Bellingham should return to England and play for a Premier League team. The locals can’t imagine anything bigger and better than the famous Premier League. But Campbell disagrees.

“For me, if you have a club like Real Madrid, I wouldn’t go back to England. Yes, there are great clubs in the Premier League, but Real Madrid… is historically, you know, the club that has won the Champions League the most times,” Campbell concluded.

Source: MARCA