England manager Thomas Tuchel said he loves Jude Bellingham’s “fire” but said his mother finds some of the Real Madrid midfielder’s on-field antics “repulsive”.
Bellingham was angry after his late goal against Senegal was ruled out for handball and was fired up as he left the pitch.
Tuchel said he has no plans to take the 21-year-old out of his team.
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He told Talksport: “We have to find how we can have the best version of him and the best acceptance, that people understand what he is bringing to us and that he is bringing a certain edge.
“But I see that it can create mixed emotions. I see this with my parents, with my mum, that she sometimes cannot see the nice and well-educated and well-behaved guy that I see.
“If he smiles, he wins everyone.
“But sometimes you see the rage, you see the hunger and the rage and the fire, and it comes out in a way that can be a bit repulsive, for example, for my mother, when she sits in front of the TV.
“I see that but in general we are very happy to have him. He is a special boy.”
