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Stourbridge TikTok star honours hometown hero Jude Bellingham with his own burger

The 21-year-old from Stourbridge revealed last week he lost his love for the game after being "mistreated" by the media during the Euros this summer and blamed his bout of the blues on his grandparents being hounded by the press.

Tik Tok star Matt Lemm with his Bellingham burger for Jude at the Lockside Steakhouse, Stourbridge

Tik Tok star Matt Lemm with his Bellingham burger for Jude at the Lockside Steakhouse, Stourbridge

However, Lockside Steakhouse is still backing him as a hometime hero and its new menu features the Bellingham Burger, complete with his favourite number 10 and his name on the bun.

The burger is the brainchild of Lockside owner Matt Lemm, who has tens of thousands of followers on TikTok as The Steak Man Stourbridge, who thought it would be the perfect response to the Champions League winner's crisis of confidence.

He said: "We did think about creating a Bellingham burger in the summer during the Euros but we did not want to be seen jumping on the bandwagon but now is the perfect time because now he needs reminding he's Stourbridge's favourite son."

And 44-year-old Matt, whose tattoeed exterior and roguish charm has earnt him fans and haters in equal measure, understands why Jude hit back at his critics.

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