TRIBUTES PAID TO POPULAR DEFENDER SOL BAMBA
By Chris Dunlavy

SOL Bamba was a manager’s dream who could unite even the most divided dressing room through sheer force of personality.
The Ivorian, who played for Leicester, Leeds, Cardiff and Middlesbrough, died last Saturday aged 39 after a three-year battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
“Sol’s positivity was infectious,” says Neil Warnock, who managed the central defender at Cardiff and Boro. “It didn’t matter who you were, or what was going on in your life. When he gave you that big beaming smi...