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Fulham players will this evening wear black armbands against Leicester City in memory of Papa Bouba Diop following their former player’s death on Sunday.After starring at the 2002 World Cup, where he scored the winner for Senegal against France in the tournament opener, Diop joined Fulham and spent three years at Craven Cottage, earning the nickname "The Wardrobe".He passed away over the weekend aged just 42."We are devastated to hear news reports this evening that Papa Bouba Diop has passed

the Sun: 'I'm gutted to hear the news. It's so sad.'Papa was one of my favourite players I've worked with.

pic.twitter.com/2S1mwMR17c Devastated to have just read the news that Papa Bouba Diop has passed away. Didn’t know he’d been ill and, at 42 years of age, he’s been taken too young.

Papa Bouba Diop, a star of Senegal's famous World Cup campaign in 2002, has died. Diop, 42, had reportedly been battling a long-term illness. The former midfielder played for four different clubs in England, enjoying spells at Fulham, Portsmouth, West Ham and Birmingham City after impressing in France for Lens. In a Twitter statement on Sunday, Lens said: "It is with great sadness that Racing Club de Lens have just learned of the passing of their former player Papa Bouba Diop, at the age of

number of reports emerging on Sunday, the former Senegal international has passed away following a long illness. Blues paid tribute with a post which read: "We are devastated to learn of the passing of former player Papa Bouba Diop at the age of 42.

tweeted: 'We are devastated to hear news reports this evening that Papa Bouba Diop has passed away, aged 42. Rest well, Wardrobe'. We are devastated to hear news reports this evening that Papa Bouba Diop has passed away, aged 42.

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has named Papa Bouba Diop as one of the trickiest players he ever faced in his illustrious career.