‘So f***ing proud’: Jude Bellingham pays tribute to his younger brother Jobe

Jude Bellingham paid tribute to his younger brother Jobe, who came off the bench to make his Birmingham City debut on Saturday evening.   

Jobe was introduced into Birmingham’s FA Cup clash with Plymouth Argyle after 70 minutes at St. Andrew’s stadium. 

Birmingham lost the game in extra-time but Jude was still proud of his brother’s performance. 

Jobe has followed in Jude’s footsteps by making his debut for Birmingham. However, Jobe has made his debut at the age of 16 years and 107 days. 

Therefore, he is 69 days older than Jude when he made his first Birmingham outing in August 2019. 

Nevertheless, Jude took to social media to express his delight at his brother’s debut He tweeted: ‘So f***ing proud’ alongside a host of heart emojis. 

Manager Lee Bowyer praised Jobe’s composure and said the 16-year-old looked ‘comfortable’ on the pitch.

Speaking after the game, Bowyer said: ‘Young Jobe coming on looked so comfortable.

‘He’s earned that, he’s been training with us for two, three, four weeks now, you can just see him growing and improving every day.

‘I said to him after the game ‘You’ve done really well, you’re a 16-year-old lad that dominated the ball, didn’t really give it away, tried to do the right things and when you did give it away you ran back, defended in your own box. 

‘He did a lot of good things and I said ‘I only gave you that opportunity because you’ve earned it.  

‘When he first came to us training with the first-team group he took too many touches and was getting caught in possession, but now that’s not happening as much and you’ve seen that there.

‘He played with a confidence and that’s because he’s improving every day and I thought it was the right time and I’d like to think that I was right.’