Fiorentina in 1992, where they sat second in the league table in early December. They went on to get relegated, despite having a team including Stefan Effenberg, Brian Laudrup and a young Gabriel Batistuta. Batistuta though, famously stayed on with the club during the following season in Serie B, helping Fiorentina bounce back up and into an exciting second half of the 1990s where they won a Coppa Italia and were on the fringes of title challenges.

Bellingham has a high bar to reach if he is going to be considered one of the true greats at Real Madrid though. His team-mate Kroos is probably the one to look at.

https://asymmetricworld.com/2023/10/23/what-marks-the-truly-great-players-out/