George Baldock's death leaves England and Greece players heartbroken as statement issued

Greece planetary George Baldock, who was not named successful the Greece squad to look England connected Thursday, has tragically passed distant aged 31 - and the Three Lions person released a statement

England person released an affectional connection successful which they said they are "extremely saddened" by the decease of Greece planetary George Baldock.

The erstwhile Sheffield United defender has died astatine the property of 31, it was confirmed connected Wednesday night. Greece planetary Baldock signed for Panathinaikos this summertime aft a seven-year spell astatine Bramall Lane, making his debut successful August.

The full-back, who was not named successful the Greece squad to look England connected Thursday, featured successful Sunday’s 0-0 gully with Olympiacos. The Three Lions released a connection connected Wednesday nighttime which read: "We're highly saddened by the passing of George Baldock.

"George was adjacent to galore of our players, and represented Greece – our opponents connected Thursday night. We're reasoning of George's family, friends and team-mates astatine nine and state astatine this hard time."

Buckinghamshire-born Baldock started his vocation astatine MK Dons and went connected to play much than 100 times for the club. A lengthy spell astatine MK Dons included galore indebtedness spells away, with 2 stints astatine Oxford earlier helium signed for Sheffield United successful 2017.

Two years later, Baldock was a cardinal fig arsenic Chris Wilder’s squad secured promotion to the Premier League wherever they initially took the top-flight by tempest earlier they suffered relegation successful 2021. Baldock helped the Blades unafraid automatic promotion backmost to the acme of English shot and his signifier earned him planetary designation successful 2022.

With Greek ancestry successful his family, the defender was convinced by then-Greece caput manager Gus Poyet to play for the nationalist squad and went connected to gain 12 caps, past playing for his state earlier this year. A power to Panathinaikos followed aft 219 appearances for the Blades.