Neil Warnock leads tributes to ‘ray of sunshine’ Sol Bamba after death aged 39

Neil Warnock has paid tribute to Sol Bamba and described him as “a ray of sunshine” following Bamba’s death aged 39.

The former Cardiff, Leeds and Hibernian defender died on Saturday in Turkey, where he was managing Adanaspor. He had missed their match against Manisa on Friday after being admitted to hospital.

The football world has paid tribute to Bamba, including Warnock who managed the defender at Cardiff where together they won promotion to the Premier League in 2018.

I can’t believe I won’t see that beaming smile again.

I’m so happy that Sol was part of my life and we had such brilliant memories together. 

I’m heartbroken for Chloe and the family and all my thoughts are with them.

 Sol was a ray of sunshine and I’ll miss him so much.