Alonso touts Bellingham as his 'key player' at Madrid

Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso hails Jude Bellingham's ambition and enthusiasm at the FIFA Club World Cup

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00:00Long-term is going to be pretty similar. It's a key player for us.

00:03And for sure, we are involving Finn in more midfield positions,

00:09that he's involved in the build-up, in the play-making of the team.

00:14Because I think that he will help that for the balance of the team.

00:18And after he has this great quality that we saw on last game,

00:23to get into the box and to have this clinical shot or clinical header from the second line.

00:28And for sure, I think that we are trying to be close to him.

00:32I think that he has a great ambition, great enthusiasm for the game, for his improvement as well.

00:39And we try to follow him and to lead him to get better and better.