bellingham kit “At the time, I desperately didn’t want to support Man Utd or Chelsea like everyone else at school.

“I liked the idea that Villa had a real history, winning European Cups and stuff like that.I felt a real connection with the club, more than I felt watching some of the other ones. Villa felt like a really proud Midlands club and it felt very special.”

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William also said he had taken his children, George and Charlotte, to Villa’s 5-1 win against Norwich earlier in the season – but he wasn’t pushing George to follow in his footsteps.

“I’m trying not to persuade him to be a Villa fan – I’m letting him choose his own way. It’s about finding what fits for him,” he said.“Previously I was a bit concerned about him supporting Chelsea, but now Frank [Lampard] has come in I feel the culture’s a bit different at Chelsea and I’d be ok with it.

“I do like the values and the ethos of the club. I want them to look after the players and set a good example to the young fans. I want our children, when they go the match, to come away loving buy cheap football shirts online what they’ve seen, enjoying it and seeing their role models behave in a way that we’d all want them to.”