Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham will miss three months this new season.
It's been confirmed Bellingham will undergo surgery on a long-term shoulder injury.
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The Real Madrid star will thus put an end to an ordeal lasting 599 days and 100 games, faced by gritting his teeth and playing with a cumbersome bandage.
"I can't take it anymore, I want to feel free," he declared a few days ago from the Club World Cup.
Bellingham will undergo surgery after the tournament, probably in early August.
He will miss about ten games: seven La Liga games, two Champions League matches and at least two matches with the England national team. He is expected to return in mid-October, after the second international break.