After news broke of Gianluca Vialli's untimely passing earlier today, we paid tribute to the Italian football icon on Friday's Off The Ball.

Up first, Adrian Barry spoke with the journalist Martin Lipton who was covering the London football beat when Vialli arrived as a Chelsea player in 1996.

Then, Adrian caught up with the Italian-based Irish journalist Paddy Agnew as he shared the reaction to Vialli's passing in his native country.

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