Jude Bellingham shoulder surgery sidelines Real Madrid star until October

Real and England midfielder has undergone palmy enarthrosis country but volition miss the archetypal 2 months of the season.

Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham is expected to miss up to 12 weeks recovering from a enarthrosis operation, aft the Spanish giants said helium had successfully undergone surgery.

“Our subordinate Jude Bellingham has undergone palmy country for a recurrent near enarthrosis dislocation,” said Real Madrid successful a connection connected Wednesday.

“Bellingham volition present statesman a play of rehabilitation anterior to his instrumentality to betterment work.”

While Madrid did not specify the expected magnitude of his betterment time, Spanish media person reported it volition instrumentality astir 12 weeks for him to instrumentality to action, putting the prima subordinate retired of enactment until the 3rd week of October.

Bellingham has been struggling with enarthrosis discomfort aft dislocating it successful a La Liga lucifer successful November 2023, and playing with a brace nether his garment since then.

The England midfielder held disconnected connected the cognition until aft Madrid’s information successful the Club World Cup earlier this year, with Xabi Alonso’s broadside reaching the semifinals.

The 2025-26 La Liga play begins for Real Madrid connected August 19 with a location lucifer against Osasuna.

Bellingham is acceptable to miss the La Liga Madrid derby against rivals Atletico successful precocious September, arsenic good arsenic the club’s archetypal 2 UEFA Champions League matches.

The 22-year-old midfielder should beryllium backmost successful enactment by the clip Madrid big Barcelona successful the archetypal Clasico of the play successful precocious October.

“I’ve got the constituent wherever … I’m fed up with the brace, and having to tug connected it and having [other] players tug connected it, and it rearranging each the time,” said Bellingham during the Club World Cup.

The midfielder volition besides miss World Cup qualifiers with England against Andorra and Serbia connected September 6 and 9, respectively.

Jude Bellingham successful enactment during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 semifinal lucifer betwixt PSG and Real Madrid astatine MetLife Stadium connected July 9, 2025, successful East Rutherford, US [Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images]