Did you say pressure? Jude Bellingham doesn’t seem to know this word. Landing in Madrid this summer for 103 million euros, the young man has since assumed the amount of his transfer. Better still, he has even become the darling of Merengue supporters, thanks to top-notch performances and a perfectly polished image. Since his arrival at the King’s club, his coach Ancelotti has systematically started him, and we can understand that. It’s quite simple, the midfielder even seems to have taken on the task of replacing a scorer, Karim Benzema, who left this summer. In ten matches played (European Cup and Championship included), he scored ten goals and three assists. If he is not as decisive in the selection for the moment, he is an integral part of the Three Lions system with which he went to the final of Euro 2021, and stopped in the quarter against the Blues during the last world championship. The Italians would do well to be careful, the Lion is hungry.
Orphaned by Robert Lewandowski since his departure to Catalonia in the summer of 2022, Bayern Munich decided to break the bank during the last summer transfer window. On the line, and after tough negotiations with Tottenham and its president Daniel Lévy, the Bavarian ogre finally dropped the sum of around 120 million euros. An anomaly in the business model of the German club, more accustomed to intelligently drawing talent from the Bundesliga. But Thomas Tuchel needed a scorer, and Harry Kane responds perfectly to this name: in ten matches played with his new team, he scored nine goals and delivered five offerings, without counting his participation in the game and his defensive slaughter, rare and precious for a football star. Same story with the England team, where the captain and top scorer in the history of his selection (55 goals) scores goals and brings behind him the Three Lions combining talent, youth and experience. Gareth Southgate and the British people can count on him to qualify his team on Tuesday evening.
If we’re talking about Foden, let’s start by talking about his record: at 23, Pep Guardiola’s protégé has already won five Premier Leagues and a Champions League, not to mention all the other trophies obtained on the national scene. That leaves you wondering about the guy, who took the time to grow under the orders of the Spanish technician. An almost indisputable starter this season, he took part in 85% of the minutes he could play. If his statistics may seem less impressive than his two friends mentioned above, he still scored two goals for four assists. As far as selection is concerned, he has established himself as an executive. Systematically started by Southgate during high-stakes matches, he is one of the main dynamiters of the English team. Sometimes in the center, often on the left wing, his opponents have learned to fear his vision of the game and his incessant dribbling. He will undoubtedly be a danger for the Italian defense on Tuesday evening at 8:45 p.m.
