"My legs were shaking, I wanted to stop," explainedJude Bellingham after playing for the first time at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu and scoring the 95th minute goal that gave Real Madrid the win against Getafe.

It wasn't because he felt panic or pressure, which Carlo Ancelotti sensed weighed so heavily on Fran García when he saw himself in the enormity of the famous stadium.

No. It was because his skin crawled when he heard the Bernabéu singing 'Hey Jude', the Beatles song that the Madrid fans chanted to welcome the player who is already an idol.

Bellingham is the player of LaLiga so far. His five goals, his play, the six points he has given Real Madrid directly, his adaptation to the club and the dressing room, his way of winning over everyone on and off the pitch... say it all.

The Bernabeu has welcomed Bellingham with an instant love affair, something almost unique in the history of a fan base that is demanding to the point of exaggeration, an intense romance from the very first moment that none of Florentino Perez's great signings have known at such levels of passion.

📱 JUUUUUUUUDE! 📱 pic.twitter.com/INnEXnydOS

— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) September 4, 2023

Figo, the clause and his past

Luis Figo was Florentino's first coup, the one who opened the doors to the presidency after several failed attempts. The Portuguese struggled to come to terms with the drastic changes in his life. Behind him was a period in which he punished Madrid with his play for Barcelona.

There was also the weight of the enormous amount paid for him. The Bernabéu received him with affection, without reaching the point of passion. His first appearances showed a player who was subdued and far from his best. To score the five goals that Bellingham had scored, he needed 21 games as a Madrid player.

Zidane and the whispers

The enthusiasm for Zidane's signing in the summer of 2001 was dampened by a staging that generated debates, some as absurd as whether the Frenchman's arrival was bad for the mechanisms of the last La Liga champions.

What is certain is that Zidane once heard that murmur from the Bernabéu that so many players have swallowed. His fifth goal for Madrid came in his 15th game. He did not score until his fifth appearance, but then repeated in three more in a row.

Ronaldo, delayed ecstasy

Ronaldo's first appearance at the Bernabéu was a moment of ecstasy: two goals against Alavés, the first one as soon as he came on in the 63rd minute for Guti, on the first ball he touched.

It was a rapturous, restrained reception between the last day of the market and October 5, 2002, the time it took for the Brazilian to be fit to play. For Jude's five goals, Ronaldo played 11 games.

Beckham, the glamour

A signing of unprecedented financial impact. But the Bernabéu soon realized that his game could not come close to that of the first three Galácticos. Beckham was received with affection, but nothing like what Bellingham is experiencing now. Added to that was a season that went awry month by month.

Owen, the least galactic

A Liverpool phenomenon, Michael Owen hardly had a 'feeling' at the Bernabéu. It was a convulsive Madrid, with constant changes on the bench. The Englishman did not score until his seventh game. Then he went on a roll and scored in five out of six games. His fifth Madrid goal came against Málaga, in his 12th game.

5️⃣🔥 VAMOOOOOS! 🔥5️⃣
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— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) September 4, 2023

Sergio Ramos, a vintage signing

Sergio arrived at Madrid at the end of the 2005 summer transfer window. Nobody could have imagined then that a defender for the history books had just arrived.

Naturally, the 19-year-old's reception was nothing like that of the stars signed in previous years. Sergio Ramos finished his first season with four goals and the fifth came in Bucharest, in his 30th game.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the goal animal

Di Stefano and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two most important players in Madrid's history. The Portuguese arrived in the summer of 2009. A cornerstone of the reconstruction of Florentino's return to the presidency.

He was an idol from the first moment, but his strong character made a part of the Bernabéu deny him things that he eventually believed to be a matter of state. The friction with his fans distanced him from what Bellingham is building. Cristiano's fifth Madrid notch appeared, as in Jude's case, in his fourth game, but the Portuguese added one more: six.

Benzema, all's well that ends well that begins badly

Karim Benzema said goodbye in June as one of the greatest figures in the history of Real Madrid, the striker of the five Champions League titles. The road was arduous and it was hard for the Bernabéu to understand a player of a different dimension.

The dark areas during his first years were many, with more than one booing at home. And not as far back in time as the 2017-18 campaign. For what Bellingham has done in five games, Benzema needed 15.

Kaka, from everything to nothing

The third piece of the great revolution of 2009. Ballon d'Or in 2007, Kaka was a long-standing Madrid target and desire. But nothing went as expected.

He never came close to the level he showed at Milan and his relationship with the Bernabeu deteriorated until the big brawl, nothing more and nothing less, in the Champions League semi-finals: those of 2012 against Bayern. To score five goals, Kaka went on to make 23 appearances.

Modric, what a change!

Luka Modric is revered at the Bernabéu. But the Croatian can also tell what it takes to adapt to Madrid, to make a place for himself and to win over the Madrid temple.

His first months were complicated, so much so that there were those who doubted the effort made to bring him from Tottenham. That today is nothing more than an anecdote. It took him 73 games to score five goals: 53 in the first season and 20 the following one. That fifth goal came in Copenhagen.

Bale's coolness

Time has done justice to a player whose contribution to Madrid's history has nothing to do with the way he left. Gareth Bale can explain a lot about how hard it is to be loved at the Bernabéu.

The pressure he endured was huge and of an intensity rarely remembered. Like Ronaldo, Bale had to wait weeks to make his debut after his signing. He did it with a goal in Villarreal. The Almería pitch saw Bale's fifth Madrid goal. It was his eleventh match.