Real Madrid midfielder, Jude Bellingham has won the 2023 Kopa Trophy.
The 20-year-old was announced as winner during the Ballon d’Or ceremony on Monday night.
Bellingham beat players like Gavi, Pedri, Musiala and Eduard Camavinga to the prize.
Speaking on his start to life at Real Madrid, Bellingham said: ’Yeah, it’s been really good. I’ve been really welcomed by everyone at the club and everyone behind the scenes.
‘Really it’s down to them. I’m really confident in my ability but they’ve helped me extract that.’
On whether choosing the No5 jersey was to emulate the legendary Real Madrid star Zinedine Zidane, he added: ’Yeah there’s a little bit of that. There wasn’t much else left to be honest.
“It’s a lot of pressure but it’s something that I wanted to invite onto myself and pay homage to one of my footballing idols.”
