england bellingham kit “There were a few games before, you could see things in the press and it really bubbled up. But you didn’t feel it on the inside. The players were all united, no one was turning against him, he hadn’t lost the dressing room.
“The day he went, I was driving my wife to the airport and the news came on the radio. I just thought, ‘Sh*t, he’s gone. What’s going to happen?’ We were then all called into a meeting at Cobham.
“It was awkward when Jose came to say his goodbyes. You could have heard a pin drop. It felt like someone had died. When you see strong characters like Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and John Terry either crying on the floor or certainly welling up… I got upset as well. It was really weird.”
Sidwell took in just 25 appearances for Chelsea across a one-season stay and admits the whole experience was rather bizarre.
As a boyhood Blue, he was thrilled to be offered the chance to head for Stamford Bridge, but faced fierce competition for places and was rather surprisingly handed the No.9 shirt upon his arrival.
He added on that call: “Mourinho was sitting there england bellingham shirt kids at the front and he says, ‘Steve, you’re going to wear No. 9 this year.’