Chelsea in shirt tribute to Gianluca Vialli ahead of FA Cup clash vs Manchester City

Chelsea players wearing the number 9 shirt in the warm-up ahead of their FA Cup clash against Manchester City in a tribute to their former player and manager Gianluca Vialli following his recent death.
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Chelsea's players paid tribue to the club's popular former striker and manager Gianluca Vialli ahead of their FA Cup third-round clash against Manchester City.

Vialli, a big success as a player and a manager at Stamford Bridge in the 1990s, sadly passed away on Friday following a lengthy battle with cancer.

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Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is the Weekend Editor of FourFourTwo. A European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.