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REVEALED: Three Real Madrid coaches tried to convince Bellingham to adjust role

REVEALED: Three Real Madrid coaches tried to convince Bellingham to adjust role
REVEALED: Three Real Madrid coaches tried to convince Bellingham to adjust roleREUTERS

Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa is pushing Jude Bellingham to accept a more defensive role in midfield.

Real management believe one of the major issues over the past two seasons has been Bellingham finding himself in the same position as star striker Kylian Mbappe.

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Okdiario's chief pundit Eduardo Inda stated on El Chiringuito that Real's past three coaches have all pushed Bellingham to accept playing deeper in midfield.

He said, "Jude Bellingham's relationship with Xabi Alonso was bad. Xabi always asked him to drop his position because in the Englishman's first season there was no forward and he was the one who scored the goals.

"He tried to keep playing like that when Mbappé arrived.

"(Carlo) Ancelotti asked him to drop his position and sometimes he did. Ancelotti asked him, then Xabi Alonso and he didn't pay attention to him. Arbeloa has lost the fact that he needs to play further back. He collides with Mbappé, many times they overlap."

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