Former Chelsea and Italy striker Gianluca Vialli has died at the age of 58 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
The Italian, who was part of close friend Roberto Mancini’s coaching staff as Italy won Euro 2020 after a penalty shoot-out victory over England at Wembley in July last year, passed away last night surrounded by family. Vialli was first diagnosed with the disease in 2017, but was given the all clear in 2020 after treatment at a London hospital.
However, he was told that the cancer had returned last month and stepped down from his coaching role with the Azzurri to fight it for the second time. However, his health deteriorated and he succumbed to his illness last night, less than a week after Brazil legend Pele died from colon cancer and not long after former Lazio star and Bologna head coach Sinisa Mihajlovic died after suffering from Leukaemia.
