Real Madrid always seemed destined to win a 15th European Cup last weekend — and the manner of their 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund could hardly have been more predictable, the German side missing a host of chances before paying an inevitable price — but Jude Bellingham’s story added enormous intrigue to an otherwise unsurprising outcome.
Bellingham, the Stourbridge-born midfielder, not only won the biggest club trophy in football at the end of an astonishing debut season for Real, but did so against his former club Dortmund and in his national stadium, Wembley.
