Jude Bellingham is the newest jewel in the crown of Real Madrid, however, the English midfielder is the hot topic of discussion after his old tweet was resurfaced by FC Barcelona fans. The midfielder can be seen choosing the biggest rival of Real Madrid over its greatest goalscorer of all time.
Back in 2019, Adidas tweeted congratulations to Lionel Messi for winning the record-breaking 6th Ballon d’Or. He surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo with the victory to become the player with the most Ballon d’Or victories. A 16-year-old Jude Bellingham saw the tweet and quote-tweeted the original tweet with the GOAT emoji.
— Jude Bellingham (@BellinghamJude) December 2, 2019
Fast-forward to 2023, and Jude Bellingham is the leading goalscorer for Real Madrid in the new season, meanwhile, FC Barcelona fans resurface this old tweet to troll the Madrid fans about the fact that their crown jewel favors Real Madrid’s biggest rival, Lionel Messi over its greatest goalscorer, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Lionel Messi has scored the most goals, 26, against Real Madrid than any other player, whereas, Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest goalscorer for Real Madrid with 450 goals in 438 Matches. This old tweet from Bellingham proves that he never considered Cristiano Ronaldo as the GOAT.
Jude Bellingham chose Lionel Messi over Cristiano Ronaldo at Dortmund
Jude Bellingham is off to a record-breaking start at Real Madrid, as he broke one of the records at Los Blancos held by Cristiano Ronaldo. Meanwhile, he chose his jersey number as an homage to another Real Madrid legend, Zinedine Zidane.
The tweet wasn’t a one-off display of admiration by Bellingham, during his stint in Germany with Dortmund, the midfielder revealed why he prefers Lionel Messi over Cristiano Ronaldo.
Do not Say Anything, Just RT 😂😂pic.twitter.com/Y7FR6dEWdU https://t.co/TdlciEXNHs
— ACE (@FCB_ACEE) September 2, 2023
In a video for Dortmund’s official YouTube channel, Bellingham revealed his reason: “Messi for me, for sure. You can just watch him and think like ‘How does he do that?’ Every time I watch him, he just does something that I just think ‘You can’t be human.”
The video went viral recently, reaching more than a million views on X giving some bragging rights to Barcelona and Messi’s fan base over Real Madrid. The English midfielder is the hot topic this new season with his impressive showings for Real Madrid. Every conversation, past or present, is gold for the ever-growing fan base of the former Dortmund midfielder.
Bellingham has scored eight goals and three assists in nine matches for Madrid in all competitions. Yesterday, he was the difference-maker again. He scored a goal and assisted another in a 3-2 victory over current Serie A champions, Napoli. The victory propelled Madrid to the top of their group in UCL.