Chelsea Former Manager Is Dead

 Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, co-owners of Chelsea, have paid tribute to Gianluca Vialli, the club’s former player and manager, who died at the age of 58.Information Guide Nigeria

After a long fight with cancer, the former striker died at the age of 58. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer for the second time in 2021, after being given the all-clear in April 2020 after a 17-month battle with the same disease.

Vialli joined Chelsea as a player in 1996 and was made player-manager when Ruud Gullit was released of his duties in 1998, at the age of 33. Chelsea co-owners Boehly and Eghbali wrote a touching homage to the great after his death.NYSC portal 

This is truly an awful day for Chelsea Football Club. Gianluca’s legend will live on at Stamford Bridge. His impact as a player, a coach, and most importantly as a person, will be forever written across our club’s history. We send our heartfelt and deepest condolences to his family and friends,” they shared via Chelsea’s official website.JAMB portal

Vialli led the Blues to League Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup victory before retiring in 1999 with 259 club goals from 673 appearances.JAMB Result

 As a manager, he led Chelsea to FA Cup victory in the final held at the old Wembley Stadium in 2000. More recently, he served as delegation chief alongside close friend Roberto Mancini as Italy won the Euro 2020 championship.