- Jude Bellingham joined the England squad ahead of Euro exit on Monday
- He was given extra time after winning the Champions League with Real Madrid.
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Jude Bellingham has joined the England camp ahead of their departure for the Euros on Monday.
The Three Lions prepared for the upcoming tournament with friendlies against Bosnia and Iceland, losing the latter at Wembley on Friday night.
Bellingham was absent from both matches after being awarded extra time following Real Madrid’s Champions League triumph.
The 20-year-old arrived at St Georges’ Park on Sunday with extra vitality after a magnificent season in the Spanish capital.
He was all smiles as he greeted the England staff and posed for a photo before heading into the building.
Jude Bellingham has joined the England camp ahead of Monday’s departure for the Euros.
The 20-year-old had free time after winning the Champions League with Real Madrid
Bellingham scored 23 goals and provided 13 assists in all competitions in a memorable season for Real Madrid.
However, Gareth Southgate insists England cannot rely solely on him if they want to win the European Championship.
“We’re not putting everything on Jude,” Southgate said. ‘It’s not their responsibility (to get us up). It is up to all of us to focus correctly, make sure that individually our mentality is right and as a coaching team we will make sure that we are working on the areas that need to be better than they were here.
“We have a lot of good players and it’s a collective thing to try to win this tournament. If we rely on just one person, it won’t be one team that wins.
“He is, of course, a player with a fabulous mentality and will have a big impact on the whole group, but the most important thing in the last two games (and everyone was happy after Monday night against Bosnia) is that we have never had to the group on the field of play at the same time.
Gareth Southgate insists England cannot depend solely on Bellingham if they want to win the European Championship
“Maybe against Iceland it was a little more even, but there are still players we are discovering and that really sharpens the focus of what we have to do going into the game against Serbia.”
England will begin their European Championship campaign next Sunday when they face Serbia at the Veltins-Arena, home of Schalke.
