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The passion for Zohran Mamdani, the young socialist and Muslim who will be the next mayor of New York, has crossed the Atlantic and reached an unexpected place: the locker room of the Real Betis Balompié.

His right side, Héctor Bellerín, appeared in a program … digital humor and interviews, The Adam Friedland Show, which starred Mamdani, winner of the elections in the largest US city at the beginning of the month.

Bellerín left a message of admiration for Mamdani, an undisguised socialist who will become mayor with a left-wing populist program. The politician received him with the same admiration and enthusiasm.

Two elements have to do with Mamdani and Bellerín knowing about each other: the next mayor of New York He is a fan of Arsenal, where Bellerín spent most of his sporting career.; and the footballer has not hidden his inclination towards leftist ideology.

“You might not recognize me with this hair, this shield and this mustache,” Bellerín told Mamdani in a message recorded on video that the presenter, Adam Friedland, who is also a fan of the London team, showed him. “Being an Arsenal fan is directly linked to being a fucking cool person and that stays with you now,” he told her.

“Even in Spain we feel the energy of what is happening right now,” defended Bellerín, when the controversial Mamdani has become the political sensation of the year in the US The winner of the elections in New York is serving the leftist faction of the US Democrats to defend that these are the messages his party needs, not seeking to please centrists and moderate Republicans.

Mamdani listened with enthusiasm to the Betic’s words. “You are what New York needs and you are what the world needs”added Bellerín, who has distinguished himself as one of the few footballers with political involvement. In his case, always towards the left, with support for environmental causes or with criticism of the Western position on the war in Gaza.