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Birmingham City retires 17-year-old Jude Bellingham’s number 22 shirt after one season and Dortmund signing – ABC News
Birmingham City bestows an honour normally reserved to club legends or recently deceased stars on 17-year-old, one-season player Jude Bellingham — and fans are not happy.
Normally, sports clubs look to retire a player’s number after achieving extraordinary things over a long time period.
Key points:
- Jude Bellingham has had his number 22 shirt number retired by Birmingham City
- Supporters were quick to condemn the move on social media
- Bellingham had to call out racist abuse on social media after his final match
In some, more tragic circumstances, clubs have retired the number of a player who has died while at the club, such as w…
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