Jude Bellingham unhappy with Real Madrid after Ballon d'Or treatment, out of place in Carlo Ancelotti's tactics

This time last year, Jude Bellingham He was arguably Real Madrid's best player, and dominated the headlines, after his game-winning performance against Barcelona at Montjuic. Yet the fast pace of football left him out of position, and with his nose out of joint.

This week there have been many headlines and a strong reaction to Rodri Hernandez Ballon d'Or victory, with Real Madrid calling it a disgrace that Vinicius Junior had not won the award. The word that came from above was that if the Brazilian had not won it, then it must be Dani Carvajal. Bellingham ends up in front of right back, but there was hardly a hint from the Whites that he should be in contention.

AS Diary explain that Bellingham is miffed with the hierarchy of the club to have completely forgotten about him as a potential candidate, since they put their campaign apparatus behind Vinicius.

At the same time, Bellingham went from Real Madrid's most dangerous weapon to a workhorse, sacrificing his right-hand man to deal with Alejandro Balde during the Clasico. As shown by his heatmap from the game at Montjuic last year, he was involved more on the right, but he was very involved, but apart from a few defensive interventions, the game passed the star of England.

Bellingham have been the main victim of Kylian Mbappe's arrival this summer. While most of the discussion was about how Mbappe and Vinicius would work together, it was the Brazilian who kept his position, with Mbappe playing in the middle. Despite Carlo Ancelotti previously saying he would keep Bellingham in an advanced role, as time has gone on, the 21-year-old has been relegated to a secondary thought in tactical schemes.