Gianluca Vialli

[Ivo]

Very sad news, passed away aged just 58.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Lovely photo and tribute on Sampdoria's website (worth a google translate)

Una firma per sempre: ciao Luca Vialli, uno di noi - U.C. Sampdoria

C’è già chi ti immagina tra Paolo e Vuja, felici di riabbracciarti ma altrettanto stupiti di rivederti così presto. Sì, presto Luca. Troppo presto. Dicono che non si sia mai pronti per salutare un compagno di viaggio e, purtroppo, è davvero così. Il tuo compagno di viaggio – come avevi deciso di...

www.sampdoria.it

 

[Gilbert..]

Kin hell. RIP fella.

 

[blue to the bone]

Rip. In the days of Italian football on channel 4 he stood out as an iconic player.

 

[nsno-chris]

Wow
Wow
Wow

What a loss, a gem of a footballer and a brilliant guy

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Tremendous player wasn't he? Seemed a good fella too.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Special special player, decent coach and came off well in interviews. Sad loss for the game

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Once again that horrible disease ....

 

[nsno-chris]

 

[duncs pigeon]

Bloody hell. RIP

 

[twoblue]

Interesting man. Grew up in a 60 bedroom castle. Not many footballers with that background.

 

[bitter-no-better]

Great player and a top person. RIP.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Heh, absolute master at running into the space between centre back and full back.

 

[mccole]

Scored one of the goal that kept us up in 1998 so he'll always be a special player but growing up watching Juve, he was a superstar player who was so intelligent and beyond his years.

RIP

 

[allen]

Very sad news. Seemed such a likeable guy as well as a brilliant player.

One of the first foreign stars in the Premier League.