Championship

BAMBA TO HELP COACH AT BORO ACADEMY

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The LeaguePaper Team
15 August 2021

By Ben Thomas

MIDDLESBROUGH boss Neil Warnock believes Sol Bamba can prove to be “a real asset” after he joined the club this week.
The 36-year-old defender officially moves to Teesside in a player-coach role, having successfully recovered from cancer in May.
Bamba underwent treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma earlier this year but, after recovering, started to train with Boro in the summer and has now signed a one-year deal to continue his association with Warnock, who he worked with at Cardiff.
Bamba will also take on a coaching role with Boro’s academy after he h...

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