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New Real Madrid signing Jude Bellingham dines at Italian restaurant in Cleadon

After signing for Real Madrid for £88.5m earlier this month, you may think Jude Bellingham would be enjoying tapas in the Spanish capital.

However, that's not the case, after the 19-year-old England star was seen dining on Italian food at Romano's in Cleadon near Sunderland on Friday night.

The ex-Borussia Dortmund and Birmingham City midfielder was in town with his brother Jobe, 17, who Sunderland signed on the same day for an undisclosed fee for next season's Championship campaign.

Read more: Jobe Bellingham explains why he left Birmingham City for Sunderland as signing finally announced

They had previously been on holiday in the south of France earlier this week. At Romano's, the brothers took photos with several customers after they'd finished their meal.

Jude and Jobe Bellingham posed with diners at Romano's in Cleadon (Claudia Armstrong)

Janie Robertshaw was celebrating her daughter Elise's 10th birthday, and the Bellinghams obliged to take a photo with her and dad Chris. Janie said: "Everyone waited until they had finished their meal and they were both very polite and happy to accommodate everyone who asked for photos."

Highly-rated Jobe said last week that he was delighted to sign for Sunderland and couldn't wait to get started, with the club's pathway to the first team helping him make the decision to swap St. Andrew's for the Stadium of Light.

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