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Ehiogu changed fortunes of Boro, Villa; helped mould stars of Spurs, England

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Spurs correspondent Dan Kilpatrick reveals how highly the club regarded youth coach Ugo Ehiogu after his death aged 44.

Former England international and Premier League defender Ugo Ehiogu died on Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest at Tottenham's training ground the previous day.

He was a committed and hard-working man whose career was marked by long-ranging spells at Premier League clubs Aston Villa and Middlesbrough. But it was perhaps the formidable partnership that he formed with Gareth Southgate that shone brightest.

The central defensive pair first crossed paths at Villa, where Ehiogu joined in 1991 as a protege of Paul McGrath after catching the eye of then-manager Ron Atkinson.