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Jude Bellingham fear factor? Spain star Dani Olmo ‘not afraid’ of England & Real Madrid ace ahead of Euro 2024 final

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Fresh from <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ballon-dor-2024-power-rankings/blt64e16da6b8170bb7" target="_blank">helping Real Madrid to La Liga and Champions League glory</a> in 2023-24, Bellingham has made important contributions to the Three Lions’ cause during a run to another international showpiece. He scored their first goal of the tournament, against Serbia, before <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/cristiano-ronaldo-same-thing-england-jude-bellingham-cr7-confidence-same-desire-improve-portuguese-goat/bltdf0fd56e7a545dce" target="_blank">netting a stunning stoppage-time overhead kick in a last-16 showdown with Slovakia</a>.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Bellingham now <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/england-blueprint-beat-spain-euro-2024-final-58-years-hurt/blt09e8c91d1cdc1d24" target="_blank">has Spain in his sights</a>, and a first trophy with England, but Olmo has told <a href="https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2024/07/11/olmo-cierra-filas-con-morata-antes-de-la-final-de-la-eurocopa-corre-por-los-tres-de-arriba-y-por-mi-es-nuestro-referente-cadena-ser/ " target="_blank">El Larguero</a> of La Roja facing that challenge head on: “I'm not afraid. Bellingham is a reference point there, football is played through his boots. He is always in the thick of things. He is a player to be taken into account, but I don't fear anyone.”

WHAT OLMO SAID

Olmo has stepped into Spain’s starting XI following an <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/pedri-responds-toni-kroos-euro-2024-injured-barcelona-star-vows-stay-spain-camp-chief-cheerleader/blt665faff583972d7b" target="_blank">unfortunate injury to Barcelona midfielder Pedri</a>. He has been credited with the second goal that helped to see off France in the Euro 2024 semi-finals, with his strike bundled into the back of his own net by Jules Kounde.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/dani-olmo-perfect-pep-guardiola-player-man-city-signing-spain-euro-2024-star-summer-priority/blt656db2babbbcd5e1" target="_blank">Questions are being asked of Olmo’s future</a> as he impresses on a continental stage, with Premier League giants Manchester United and Liverpool among those to be credited with interest in a player that is said to have a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/players-earn-big-money-transfers-starring-euro-2024/bltd6cbe7b065ce9b9f" target="_blank">£55 million ($71m) release clause in his contract at RB Leipzig</a>.

WHAT NEXT?

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Jude Bellingham boasts plenty of fear factor, but Spain star Dani Olmo says he is “not afraid” of the England ace ahead of the Euro 2024 final.

Jude Bellingham fear factor? Spain star Dani Olmo ‘not afraid’ of England &amp; Real Madrid ace ahead of Euro 2024 final