Dele Alli leads mourners at George Baldock's funeral three weeks after tragic death aged 31

George Baldock tragically died 3 weeks agone astatine the property of conscionable 31, with erstwhile team-mates paying tribute to the Greece planetary astatine his ceremonial connected Wednesday

Dele Alli led the tributes to George Baldock arsenic helium attended the ceremonial work for the Greece international, 3 weeks aft his tragic decease astatine the property of conscionable 31.

Baldock drowned successful the swimming excavation astatine his villa successful Athens connected 9 October, a time earlier helium was scheduled to alert to England to observe his son's archetypal birthday. He had near Sheffield United successful the summertime aft 7 years to articulation Greek broadside Panathinaikos.

His woman raised the alarm aft failing to scope him from their location successful England and Baldock is understood to person been dormant for 5 hours earlier being recovered by the proprietor of the villa. Tributes poured successful instantly aft his death, with his planetary team-mates claiming a first-ever triumph astatine Wembley a time later, a triumph they dedicated to him.

The Panathinaikos squad have flown successful to be the funeral aft nine proprietor Giannis Alafouzos is arranged a chartered formation to guarantee Baldock’s grieving teammates tin be and wage their respects. Dele antecedently played alongside Baldock during his vocation successful England.

He was successful attendance astatine Baldock's ceremonial service, which was held successful Milton Keynes connected Wednesday afternoon. Sheffield United brag Chris Wilder and Oliver McBurnie, Baldock's erstwhile team-mate, were besides successful attendance arsenic they paid their respects, arsenic was England planetary Dean Henderson.

Baldock's household antecedently issued an affectional connection successful the aftermath of his bittersweet death. It read: "We are heartbroken with the abrupt passing of our beloved George. We tin corroborate that a post-mortem introspection has recovered that George tragically drowned whilst swimming successful the excavation astatine his location successful Glyfada, Athens.

"George, you were the astir peculiar father, fiancé, son, brother, uncle, friend, teammate and person. Your enthusiasm and infectious property brought truthful overmuch emotion to those that were fortunate capable to cognize you and those that adored you from the stands.

"We volition everlastingly cherish the peculiar memories we person of you and you volition proceed to unrecorded connected successful your beauteous son. You were owed to alert location contiguous for america to observe his archetypal day together, but alternatively we mourn your loss.

"As a household it has been incredibly touching, but arsenic truthful precise hard to work the immense fig of tributes written by those that knew George and from those whose beingness helium touched.

"It was intolerable not to emotion him. We inquire that you delight proceed to respect our privateness astatine this devastating clip arsenic we statesman to process our grief."

England prima Henderson played alongside Baldock astatine Sheffield United and stood astatine the beforehand of the Three Lions method country during the minute's soundlessness held up of the clash with Greece. Speaking aft a triumph implicit Finland aboriginal that week, Henderson opened up connected his grief.

“I don't adjacent cognize what to say. I'm mislaid for words connected it. Still numb to this day,” Henderson said. “I cannot judge it. I'm inactive numb.

"The radical of lads we had determination and what a large quality helium was, to suffer him and conscionable retired of the bluish … And evidently wondering, like, Annabel, his mediocre missus, and everything with the young boy, Brody … it’s specified a shame.”

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