Former Chelsea striker and manager Gianluca Vialli, who has died at the age of 58, was "a gorgeous soul" as well as "a wonderful footballer and a warm human being", his former Sampdoria team-mate Graeme Souness has said.
Vialli was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017. In 2020 he revealed he had been given the all-clear, but was diagnosed with it again in 2021.
Souness told Sky Sports: "People will say things about his magnificent football ability, and correctly so, but above all that what a human being."
Former Scotland defender Souness added: "My condolences go to his family - the kids were blessed to have a dad like that, his wife was blessed to be married to a man like that.