Jude Bellingham investigated by Uefa over gesture after England goal
Attacker kissed hand before crotch-grabbing gestureHe says it was ‘inside joke’ and is unlikely to be banned
Jude Bellingham faces a Uefa investigation for the lewd gesture he made after scoring his dramatic equaliser against Slovakia on Sunday, although it is considered unlikely that England’s hero of the hour will be banned. Bellingham kept England in Euro 2024 with a last-gasp bicycle kick to force extra time and a Harry Kane goal carried England through to a quarter-final meeting with Switzerland on Saturday.
Bellingham was shown on TV to have kissed his right hand before making a crotch-grabbing gesture, although he said it had been “an inside-joke gesture towards some close friends who were at the game” and in no way aimed at the Slovakia bench.
