Borussia Dortmund’s newest hero and heir to Jude Bellingham’s throne reveals shock reason he’s changed his name

BORUSSIA DORTMUND'S caller heir to Jude Bellingham has revealed wherefore helium has changed his name.

The young prima created headlines by scoring doubly successful Dortmund's opening Champions League triumph implicit Club Brugge.

He has enjoyed a superb commencement to the play and immoderate person tipped the Englishman to travel successful the footsteps of Bellingham and Jadon Sancho.

Jamie Gittens is the sanction connected fan's lips but the striker utilized to spell by a antithetic name, and helium explained the change.

The 20-year-old was formerly known by Bynoe-Gittens, and utilized to deterioration that sanction connected the backmost of his shirt.

But the youngster chopped his sanction successful fractional astatine the behest of his father.

Gittens told Dortmund's authoritative website: "Both are my father's names, but helium said helium thinks it's amended if I'm conscionable called Gittens due to the fact that it's shorter.

"Most radical cognize him arsenic Gittens, truthful successful the future, I'll lone deterioration Gittens."

The "shorter the better" helium told German outlet Bild.

Gittens has announced himself connected the European signifier but took a small longer than Bellingham to marque an content astatine Dortmund.

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He scored his archetypal Champions League extremity past play but ended the play with conscionable 2 goals successful 34 games.

However caller brag Nuri Sahin appears to person got the champion retired of him arsenic Gittens besides scored doubly Eintracht Frankfurt disconnected the bench.