Overview
- Bellingham pulled up clutching his left hamstring eight to nine minutes into the win over Rayo Vallecano and left the pitch in tears, with Brahim Diaz coming on.
- Real Madrid issued a medical update confirming damage to the semitendinosus muscle in his left leg and said his status is pending evolution, without giving a return date.
- Earlier, manager Álvaro Arbeloa said the team did not yet know the severity, while Spanish outlets such as Diario AS now indicate an absence of about three to four weeks.
- If that timeline holds, he is set to miss Valencia next weekend and could be unavailable for this month’s Champions League play-off ties against Benfica.
- The setback follows shoulder surgery that sidelined him at the start of the season and raises questions over his involvement in England’s March friendlies ahead of the World Cup.