Football suffers another great loss, former Italy striker Gianluca Vialli dies at 58
Football world suffers another huge loss after Pele as former Italy striker Gianluca Vialli has died due to pancreatic cancer. The heartbreaking news of the former Sampdoria striker’s death came to the fore after his former club announced it on social media.
According to reports, in 2017 Vialli was diagnosed with cancer due to which he also took a temporary leave from his role with the national team in December owing to his health.
Gianluca Vialli Career
Vialli, joined the old lady in Italy after completing his iconic stint at Sampdoria in 1992 with a record transfer signing money at the time for 16.5 million euros. Luca continued to shine in Juventus as well as he successfully led the team to win the Champions league.
In 1996, Vialli took his talent to England to showcase it for the blues as he joined Chelsea in 1996. Subsequently after, the Italian transitioned to become a player-manager in 1998 after the sacking of Ruud Gullit. The Italian striker became the inspiring change for the Blues as he came as the player-manager in to lead Chelsea to victory in League Cup, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and UEFA super cup.
Gianluca was in the coaching staff assisting his former teammate in the Italy team which went on to win Euro 2022.
Twitter Reaction
After the news of the Italian striker’s death surfaced, the fans on twitter joined hands to pay regards to the player’s legacy and what he achieved. One user wrote and highlighted that The Italian phenom had a penchant for bicycle kick back in his days. He further deemed Luca to be a player that knew no bounds when it came to exciting the crowd.
One user wrote rest in peace to the late Italian footballer, Gianluca Vialli. The user further added that the former Juventus player was one of his favorite Italian soccer players. The user also added that the Images of Vialli with Roberto Mancini after Italy won Euro 2020 at Wembley will always remain a really special moment for him.
Not only the fans, but more people from football fraternity paid tribute to the late striker as Former Chelsea striker and current AS Roma manager paid tribute to Luca along with the Roma team.
