Former Nigerian player, Victor Udoh dies at 21

Former Royal Antwerp and Southampton younker guardant Victor Udoh has passed distant astatine the property of 21, prompting an affectional tribute from his erstwhile teammate, Pierre Dwomoh, who expressed his sorrow and disbelief upon receiving the news.

Dwomoh besides shared connected Instagram however helium archetypal learned of the tragic improvement and recovered it hard to travel to presumption with it.

“I woke up to it on Tuesday morning. Initially, you deliberation thing similar this could lone hap successful your dreams, until you work the connection cautiously and realize: this is real. Some of Victor’s relatives I spoke with confirmed his passing,” helium was quoted arsenic saying by the Belgian paper Het Nieuwsblad.

The Belgian-Ghanaian midfielder mentioned that helium had kept successful adjacent interaction with Udoh successful caller weeks, arsenic some young players were navigating uncertain vocation paths portion seeking caller opportunities up of the summertime transportation window.

“Victor, similar me, was searching for a caller nine this summer. A fewer days ago, I inquired astir his vacation plans. I americium heading to Morocco and combining that travel with a grooming campy I invited him to, but helium informed maine that helium was diligently moving successful Nigeria.”

Dwomoh reminisced astir the relationship they developed during their clip astatine Royal Antwerp, highlighting however rapidly they connected contempt their antithetic backgrounds and nationalities.

“In the summertime of...