Heartbreak as top Ghanaian footballer dies while on trials in Zambia

Ghanaian footballer Justice Selasi Oko has been reported dead while on trials with Zambian Division 1 side Kabwe Yourh Soccer Academy.

YEN.com.gh quoting Zambianfootballnews.com revealed that the player collapsed and died during one of the training sessions at the club.

The publication further stated that the player was said to have died on the last day December 2018.

Ghanaian footballer dies in Zambia (Photo credit: supplied)

Reports coming out of the club also claim that Selasi Oko was rushed to Mahatma Gandhi hospital and later referred to Kabwe Central Hospital where he died

During his first meeting with journalists in Kabwe, Katanga said “We recorded the death of unnatural cause on 31st December 2018, where one Justice Salasi Oko, a footballer of Ghanaian nationality came to Kabwe Youth Soccer Academy for trials but as he was running with the team he collapsed.

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The official added that: He was rushed to Mahatma Gandhi and later referred to Kabwe Central Hospital where he died."

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He disclosed that Oko was brought by Frank Simunji, a football agent and that his father in Ghana has been notified, adding that formalities are being made at their embassy on how the funeral will proceed.

Legit.ng earlier reported that former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan has laughed off reports that he has just £600 in his account barely 48 hours after reports emerged that he is broke.

Two of the world's biggest circulating newspaper, The Sun and Mirror in England had reported that Gyan has gone bankrupt, despite once appearing in the list of world's highest-paid footballers.

However, the 33-year-old striker has responded sarcastically in a series of tweets calling out the media (The Sun and Mirror in particular) for claiming he is broke.

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