Jude Bellingham has been included in the Real Madrid squad for tomorrow night’s Champions League clash with Stuttgart at the Santiago Bernabéu.
The England midfielder has missed Madrid’s last four games – as well as the Three Lions’ recent Nations League doubleheader against the Republic of Ireland and Finland – due to a calf injury sustained in training last month.
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Bellingham enjoyed a wonderful first season in Madrid, scoring 23 goals in 42 games to help them to a league and Champions League double, and his return, along with that of fellow midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, is a welcome boost for Ancelotti.
Defender Eder Militao is also expected to be fit to face the Bundesliga side despite missing training today.
Ancelotti said: “Bellingham is fine, like Tchouameni and Militao… who has not trained today because he needed one more day of recovery. The team is pretty good.”
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Madrid are four points behind arch-rivals Barcelona in La Liga after drawing two of their opening five games but Ancelotti attributes that to the late arrival of several squad players following this summer’s European Championship and Copa America.
He added: “We could have two more points, but we are where we wanted to…
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