THE REANSON WHY Jude Bellingham’s shirt number was retired by Birmingham City, and the………

Jude Bellingham’s shirt number was retired by Birmingham City, and the England star commented on it.

After Jude Bellingham moved to Borussia Dortmund in 2020, Birmingham City removed his number 22 shirt.

When Birmingham City retired Jude Bellingham’s shirt number in 2020, they became the laughing stock of the world of football. But those days are long gone.

After Bellingham left the Blues after just one season in the first team to join Borussia Dortmund, the team made the odd decision to retire his number 22 shirt. Bellingham joined the Blues as their youngest player ever, however he only appeared in 44 first team games.

Bellingham, who was 17 at the time, was taken aback by the gesture when the news went viral. At St Andrew’s, Bellingham’s number 22 shirt has been unclaimed for four years.

“To be honest, based on my on-field performance, I probably don’t deserve it,” Bellingham stated to The Times. “They seemed excellent to me, but there’s a really high bar to get your garment retired. “It’s not retired, as I always say; it’s saved for the day I go back and, hopefully, take them to the Premier League.”

Since then, Bellingham has developed into a talisman for Real Madrid and England, the teams he intends to win Euro 2024 with. In his debut season in Spain, Bellingham scored 23 goals and provided 11 assists in 43 games to help Los Galacticos win both the La Liga and the Champions League.

“In such a remarkably short space of time Jude has become an iconic figure at Blues, showing what can be achieved through talent, hard work, and dedication,” the Blues stated in a statement explaining their intention to retire the number 22 in 2020. He’s also such an amazing role model because of his kind, modest, and gregarious off-field manner.

“The 22 shirt has become synonymous with Jude, his rise to the first team aged just 16 years and 38 days and these qualities. And as such the club have decided it would be fitting to retire this number, to remember one of our own and to inspire others.

“Prior to his last game the club held a private celebration for people close to Jude’s development. It was an opportunity for all to come together and to recognise the help and support Jude has had from all at Blues, notably the academy, and to provide him with another fitting farewell memory.

“Throughout the elongated transfer process that eventually made Jude the world’s most expensive 17-year-old, he remained focused and totally committed to the Blues cause, which showed the importance of having a supportive family behind him.”