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DEVASTATED SOUTHGATE: ‘UGO WAS A COLOSSUS’

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 April 2017

By John Lyons

LEGEND: Ugo Ehiogu celebrates scoring for Aston Villa and, inset, at Spurs

ENGLAND manager Gareth Southgate has led the tributes following the death of his former teammate Ugo Ehiogu.
Ehiogu, who was Tottenham’s Under-23s coach, was taken to hospital on Thursday after collapsing at the club’s training ground. The 44-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest and subsequently died in the early hours of Friday morning.
His death shocked the football world and none more so than England boss Southgate, who formed a centre-back partnership for almost a decade with Ehiogu ...

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