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

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?

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

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.