Bellingham on track to achieve Madrid feat only bettered by Ronaldo and Sanchez

The 20-year-old joined Los Blancos over the summer, signing for a fee of £88million that could rise to £114m from Borussia Dortmund.

To say Bellingham has taken to LaLiga like a duck to water would be an understatement.

The England international has netted 17 goals in 20 appearances in all competitions for his new club, with 13 of those coming in 15 league games.

As a result of his incredible goalscoring form, the ex-Birmingham City starlet is now on course to achieve a feat that only two Real Madrid stars have bettered.

Bellingham is currently averaging 0.86 goals per game.

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If he maintains that, that means he's on track to score 31 LaLiga goals this season.

That would mean the Three Lions star would become the joint-third highest scorer for Real Madrid in a single league campaign at the club.

If we're going off one entry per player and take each star's respective best tally, only two players have scored more in one season in LaLiga for Los Blancos - Cristiano Ronaldo and Hugo Sanchez.

Ronaldo leads the way with a mammoth 48 goals in the 2014/15 season, whilst Sanchez is in second with 38 from the 1989/90 campaign.

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Should Bellingham go on to score 31 LaLiga goals, he'll be level with third-place Alfredo Di Stefano's league tally from 1956/57.

Fernac Puskas comes in in fourth with 28 goals in 1960/61, whilst former striker Karim Benzema netted 27 in 2021/22 when Los Blancos won the league 13 points above second-placed Barcelona.

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The fact Bellingham is a midfielder makes the possibility of him achieving this feat even more impressive.

He already has 45 senior career goals to his name in all competitions since he broke into Birmingham's first team, picking up 32 assists along the way too.

"I'm surprised he's only 20 years old because he looks like he's 30 because of his character and attitude," Los Blancos boss Carlo Ancelotti said in October.

"He is always focused on the game and knows what he has to do. It's unusual for a 20-year-old. He has a lot of quality, physical strength and skill. He surprises me like he does to everyone else."