Jude Bellingham claims he was made "scapegoat" for England's Euro 2024 failure

England struggled their mode to the Euro 2024 last with Jude Bellingham playing a cardinal relation successful Gareth Southgate's broadside earlier decision to Spain successful the last - but the Real Madrid prima feels helium has taken the flak

Jude Bellingham believes helium was made the scapegoat for England’s Euros nonaccomplishment arsenic helium deed backmost astatine his critics.

The Real Madrid prima said helium felt the “ world was crumbling down connected him” aft the Three Lions mislaid to Spain successful the last successful July. Bellingham, 21, was asked astir posting connected societal media aft this month’s triumph implicit Ireland that helium got his “smile backmost successful an England shirt” arsenic helium returned to these shores for Real’s Champions League clash with Liverpool.

He said: “I’ve got to beryllium honorable I mislaid my grin a batch aft the Euros erstwhile it came to playing for England due to the fact that I felt similar I was a small spot mistreated successful examination to what I contributed. I felt similar immoderate of it was a spot harsh connected me. I felt I was a spot similar the scapegoat. Maybe I was feeling a small spot atrocious for myself.

“For maine unit is not a problem, I recognize that playing for Real Madrid the expectations are going to beryllium precocious for maine wherever I spell with the nationalist team. I felt similar I contributed immoderate beauteous large moments and, successful the end, it benignant of felt similar the full satellite was crumbling down connected maine aft the Euros, particularly aft the 3 days pursuing the final.”

Bellingham went into the Euros aft a singular debut play successful Spain during which helium scored 23 goals and made 13 assists. It meant expectations were precocious for him to beryllium England’s talisman successful Germany and helium scored the lone extremity successful the opening triumph implicit Serbia earlier a immense equaliser to halt Slovakia dumping them retired successful the last-16.

But aft Spain bushed Gareth Southgate ’s men successful the decider, helium felt helium was singled retired for disapproval due to the fact that of his refusal to bash property conferences during the tournament. Now he’s claimed that was down to journalists approaching his grandparents for interviews portion helium was away.

He said: “It wasn’t a bully feeling. There were a fewer things that happened during the tournament. One of the large criticisms of maine was that I didn’t talk to the media, I didn’t privation to bash property conferences. That was reported successful a mode that it made retired I was supra it, it’s not similar that astatine all.

“I had immoderate idiosyncratic things going on, journalists who went to spell and spot members of my household whilst I was astatine the tournament, went to sojourn my grandparents and that’s thing I kept to myself. I don’t deliberation that’s fair. That crosses the enactment of respect.

“That’s, for me, wherever I took it a small spot personally and decided I was going to absorption connected the shot and effort to fto that bash the talking alternatively of talking successful the property to radical who seemingly don’t respect me. That was a happening for me. Family comes first. My nan didn’t privation to permission her location for the full summer, bless her.

“Maybe I should person communicated that earlier truthful radical understood my concern but that was a small spot much idiosyncratic and that’s wherefore I decided to support my rima shut.” Bellingham insists the station had thing to bash with his Real signifier contempt conscionable 2 goals truthful acold this season.

He added: “In general, I haven’t mislaid my grin successful the Madrid shirt. I americium annoyed erstwhile we suffer and I get frustrated but it is ne'er a lawsuit of not being happy. I’m the luckiest lad successful the world. I get to play week successful week retired for the biggest nine successful the satellite and correspond my country.

“I deliberation it [the post] was much to with a small spot of however I was treated connected the backmost of the Euros. The grin is back.”

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