The exciting Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham is the LaLiga’s Player of the Season after playing a pivotal role in leading the club to their 36th league title.

In the votes the England international Bellingham edged out team-mate Vinicius Junior, Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann, Girona’s Artem Dovbyk and Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski in votes cast by fans, club captains and a panel of experts.

He scored 19 goals and had six assists in 28 league games this season, tallying 23 goals and 12 assists in all competitions in his first campaign with Los Blancos.

However, Bellingham, who could not attend yesterday’s ceremony in Sardinia as he is preparing for the Champions League final at Wembley against his former club Borussia Dortmund on June 1.

in accepting the award he said, “I would like to dedicate it to my team-mates, the coaching staff and, most importantly, to the fans of the best club in the world” .

The England star also won the 2022-23 Bundesliga Player of the Season prize while playing for Dortmund before moving to Real for a fee of around €103million.