{"id":16310,"date":"2025-10-24T08:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=650658"},"modified":"2025-10-24T08:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:48:28","slug":"jude-bellingham-to-start-el-clasico-this-week-reports-marca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/jude-bellingham-to-start-el-clasico-this-week-reports-marca\/","title":{"rendered":"Jude Bellingham to start El Cl\u00e1sico this week; Reports Marca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham is reportedly in serious contention to start in Sunday\u2019s highly anticipated El Cl\u00e1sico against Barcelona, according to Marca. The England international has been recovering from a shoulder injury that sidelined him earlier this month, but fresh reports suggest he\u2019s now ready to return to action at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham, who has been one of Madrid\u2019s standout performers this season, expressed his excitement about being back on the pitch. \u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling to be back, I missed this\u2026 it\u2019s in my dreams always to score and deliver at the Bernab\u00e9u!\u201d said the 22-year-old midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>His return could not come at a better time for Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s side, who are gearing up for one of the most crucial fixtures of their campaign. Bellingham\u2019s energy, creativity, and goal-scoring ability from midfield have been pivotal for Los Blancos, and his inclusion could be a major boost against their arch-rivals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham is reportedly in serious contention to start in Sunday\u2019s highly anticipated El Cl\u00e1sico against Barcelona,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":35276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2286,3686,682,1823,3796,4164,3467,3919,4163,2109,266],"class_list":["post-16310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-barcelona-fc","tag-david-ornstein","tag-el-clasico","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-jude","tag-jude-bellingham","tag-la-liga","tag-mad3id","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}