Talented Nigerian Footballer Stabbed To Death In London

A Nigerian teenager, Joel Adesina, was stabbed in the stomach during a late-night row on Friday night last week in Bethnal Green, East London after Joel and his friends were ambushed while taking a walk and were chased into a housing belongings where he was murdered. 

He was an ‘ambitious’ and ‘hard-working’ teenager who was talented enough to play professionally in the topflight of the English football league.

According to the Daily Mail, Joel was rushed to the hospital where he died three hours later into Saturday morning, December 6.

The police arrested an 18-year-old suspect, but later released the person with no further action to be taken.

Friends and manager of the teenager’s football team told the press that Joel was a gentle young boy who never stayed out late, as he was mostly seen returning home in his football kits.

His coach at Bardag FC Yellows, Ricky Downes, said: ”Joel as a winger was ’as good as gold’ and talented enough to play professionally.

“To say that myself and the club are devastated is an understatement, we are absolutely in bits.

“Joel was a wonderful young lad who had the world at his feet.

“He was a very talented footballer and had ambitions of playing professionally. I think he had a future in the sport and could have played for a living.

“He was a very talented footballer and had ambitions of playing professionally. I think he had a future in the sport and could have played for a living.

“There was something about Joel that touched me and his death is totally unexpected. He never gave me any inkling that he was involved in gangs or anything like that.

“He was cheeky, bubbly, and a thoroughly likeable young man,’’ the 55-year-old coach narrated.

Detective Chief Inspector Chris Jones of the Met’s Homicide and Major Crime Command said: “Anyone who may have witnessed this altercation or have information which could assist the investigation is asked to contact the police as soon as possible.”