Past and present African Premiership footballers including Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah, former chelsea legend Didier Drobga and ex-Man City midfielder, Yaya Toure have joined other African sportsmen and women to pay their tributes after the death of US basketball player Kobe Bryant.
The retired LA Lakers player died on Sunday in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, aged 41.
His daughter Gianna was among other passengers on the plane who died in the crash.
So sad 😞
RIP Kobe and Gianna Bryant 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/gmjJjsaoTD
— Yaya Touré (@YayaToure) January 26, 2020
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
I just can’t believe it— Didier Drogba (@didierdrogba) January 26, 2020
My heartfelt condolences go out to the families and friends of Kobe and of those who died in the terrible accident.
— Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) January 26, 2020
