Birmingham\u2019s seventeen-year-old Jude Bellingham has revealed online racist slurs he has received following his move to Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n
Bellingham played his last game for Birmingham on Wednesday night and after that immediately posted the racist message on Twitter with the remark “disgusting”.<\/p>\n
The message had cited Bellingham as being an “overrated talent” and said “black people only think about money”.<\/p>\n
Bellingham is joining Dortmund for an initial \u00a325m after the Bundesliga club had to fend off competition from most of Europe’s top teams, including Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and, most notably, Manchester United.<\/p>\n
The midfielder left the pitch with a slight injury in Birmingham’s 3-1 defeat to Derby,\u00a0with the Blues escaping from the clutches of relegation from the Championship thanks to other results from rival teams facing a similar dilemma.<\/p>\n
Bellingham was overcome by emotion when he came back out onto the St Andrew’s pitch after the final whistle to bid goodbye to staff and journalists at the game.<\/p>\n
“Whatever happens I am always a blue,” he told the club’s TV channel.<\/p>\n
“This is my club and I love this club to bits. I hope I showed that in the performances while I was here.<\/p>\n
“I hope I was fun to watch, I hope I was fun to interact with because I wanted to bridge the gap between the players and the fans. I’ll only look back on Birmingham City with love and fond memories.”<\/p>\n
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