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Jude Bellingham reveals the reasons for his move
Jude Bellingham will wear the Borussia Dortmund jersey from next season. The 17-year-old Englishman reveals the reasons for his move.
He is only 17 years old and has just finished his first professional season. Nevertheless, Birmingham City no longer wants to give the shirt number of the Jew Bellingham who switched to BVB. A surprising and understandable action.
Dhe topic itself is delicate enough. Should deserving players be honored by their clubs no longer giving away their shirt numbers? When soccer professionals quit their careers or change clubs, the call for a lasting souvenir is often raised. Others complain about the cult with the numbers.
Heroes are fleeting and, given the inflationary beatification of kickers, can hardly be identified after just a good year. The player who has spent half or even his entire career for the same club is quickly thrown into the pot with the 25-goal man, who after another year is chasing goals in another club’s jersey: “Manfred Mustermann – Fuß . Ball. God. “
If the clubs met every fan request, three-digit numbers would have to be introduced in the Bundesliga long ago. In any case, extraordinary merits are required to even think about permanently removing a number from the flocking templates in the fan shop.
Bellingham is a symbol and role model
One season, everyone should agree, will not be enough. However, Birmingham City FC no longer wants to assign number 22. She is said to remain connected to Jude Bellingham forever. Although the junior international has just left the club in the direction of Dortmund, is only 17 years old and has only played one professional season with 44 competitive games for the second division team. They spin, the English. Or not?
Farewell tears. The 44th competitive game was the last for his club for the time being
Quelle: pa/empics/Bradley Collyer
“The jersey with the number 22 is inextricably linked to the Jew and his advancement to the professionals”, the club justifies in a message and praises less the sporting achievements than the attitude to professional football, appearance and character: “With its modesty and openness Jew is an absolute role model. “
At the club that was relegated from the Premier League in 2011, no player had made the leap from their own youth into the professional department for years. Bellingham became the pride of fans and club officials. A flagship player in every way.
And that’s exactly what his number 22 should now stand for. For the way he went. And how he left it. “That’s why the club decided that it would be appropriate not to give out his number anymore, to remind him of us as one of us and to inspire others,” says the message.
New in Dortmund: Jude Bellingham shows his new jersey
Source: dpa / Alexandre Simoes
In Dortmund, which is said to have paid € 25 million transfer fee for the offensive midfielder, the numbers are otherwise correct. Bellingham’s new number is the old one: he will show up at 22.
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