Bellingham dominates global shirt sales as surprise Man Utd star makes top 10
Jude Bellingham has topped the list for European shirt sales, with Manchester United starlet Alejandro Garnacho bizarrely making the top 10.
Bellingham made a big-money move to Real Madrid in the summer transfer window and is widely seen as being football's next superstar. He has made a stunning start for Los Blancos, capped off by scoring an injury time winner in his first Clasico last week.
The Englishman followed that up by winning the Kopa Trophy at the Ballon d'Or ceremony earlier this week. And he has now come out on top yet again, with Fanatics revealing his shirt is the one that has been sold the most in Europe over the last month.
Bellingham is one of three Englishman in the top 10, while he is also the first of only three non-Premier League players in the list. Manchester City's star striker Erling Haaland is second on the list, as he puts in another dominant season in front of goal.
PSG superstar and former World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe sits in third place as doubts grow over his future at the Parc des Princes. Marcus Rashford is the next England international in fourth place.
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The Manchester United star has endured a difficult start to the season amid his side's awful campaign, but is still proving to be a popular name. Rashford sits ahead of Son Heung-Min, with the Tottenham captain in fifth.
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Jude Bellingham has topped the list for shirt sales across Europe (Antonio Villalba/Real Madrid via Getty Images)That puts the South Korean above Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah, who can only manage sixth. Despite still being out with a long-term injury, Kevin de Bruyne ranks in seventh for shirts sold last month.
Next on the list is a major shock, with Garnacho eighth despite only making four starts in all competitions this season. The Argentine has excited with a number of bright cameo performances for the Red Devils.
But it is still a surprise to see the winger rank ahead of both Bukayo Saka, who is in ninth, and Bellingham's team-mate at the Bernabeu, Vinicius. While Garnacho was not expected to be in the top 10, boss Erik ten Hag certainly believes he will be a future star.
"You have seen in the start of the season, we played him, then his contribution was not good enough. But he had also then some good actions. You see always that he always is attracting the game even when he is not playing that well," he said in September.
"And he has to learn, ‘When I do my job in defending, I will always have my moment.’ And he will always be decisive, because he has great qualities. As well, it’s not only off the ball, no. But also I want to see, like today, he’s entering the box, he was on the right spot to finish.
"But I think it’s quite normal, for a player of his age, that there is space for a lot of improvement. I think everyone likes him, the fans like him, the team like him, I like him, but also we have to demand him and we have to push him, because he can act on a very high level but he has to show it every day."
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