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Jude Bellingham blended with Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo in ‘perfect player’ as Roma legend Francesco Totti puts Real Madrid & England star in elite talent bracket

<p>Former Italy international Totti formed part of the Azzurri squad that savoured World Cup glory in 2006. He hung up his boots in 2017 after <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/totti-best-goals/blt6994295313c2c199" target="_blank">spending his entire career on the books of home-town club Roma – taking in 786 appearances across 24 years</a>.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>He is considered to be a modern day great and is well placed to pass judgement on superstar performers of the present. When speaking to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DA0PcXsNYwu/?hl=en " target="_blank"><em>Betsson Sport</em></a>, Totti was asked to piece together the ultimate footballer – with important qualities being taken from some of the most iconic figures to have ever played the game.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Totti found room for <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/diego-maradona-dancer-lionel-messi-machine-mls-argentina-diego-valeri-explains-inter-miami-compared-world-cup-winner/blt0a97cf8a14b95314" target="_blank">World Cup winners, Ballons d’Or aplenty</a> and a nod to himself when saying of the players that he admires most: “You have to have Cristiano Ronaldo's right foot, Diego Maradona's left foot, Luca Toni's heading, Ronaldo the Phenomenon's speed, Lionel Messi's dribbling, Jude Bellingham's physique and my vision of the game.”</p>

WHAT TOTTI SAID

<p>That player would take some stopping, with some <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/many-years-left-lionel-messi-cristiano-ronaldo-rivalry-former-usmnt-stars-alexi-lalas-stuart-holden-explain-why-goat-battle-continue-2026-world-cup/bltda9538095c917571" target="_blank">all-time greats being pulled into the mix</a>. Current England international Bellingham will be hoping to have secured such a standing by the time that his career comes to a close, with the Real Madrid midfielder in the process of <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-jude-bellingham-massive-chance-end-23-year-ballon-dor-cycle-michael-owen-real-madrid-golden-ball-2024/blt05b0c2f9e72e75b8" target="_blank">chasing down his own Golden Balls</a>.</p>

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Jude Bellingham blended with Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo in ‘perfect player’ as Roma legend Francesco Totti puts Real Madrid & England star in elite talent bracket | Goal.com US

Jude Bellingham has been blended with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as Roma legend Francesco Totti pieces together his “perfect player”.

Jude Bellingham blended with Lionel Messi &amp; Cristiano Ronaldo in ‘perfect player’ as Roma legend Francesco Totti puts Real Madrid &amp; England star in elite talent bracket