Former Chelsea player and manager Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 after a battle with cancer.

The Italian, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer five years ago, played for and managed the London club scoring 40 goals in 88 games between 1996 and 1999.

As a manager, he won three major trophies during his time at Stamford Bridge, after he took over as a player-manager in 1998 winning the League Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup in his first few months in charge.

He eventually added the FA Cup to the trophy cabinet in 2000.

On the international stage, he won 59 caps for Italy and even joined Roberto Mancini’s coaching staff with the national team, helping them to victory in Euro 2020 having been given the all clear from cancer earlier that year.

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