Indeed, Asics football boots were worn by some big names during that era, including Franco Baresi, Gianluca Vialli and — their English poster boy and former Manchester United winger — Lee Sharpe.

Gianluca Vialli (Cremona, Italy ... After hanging up his boots, he became a coach... and started where he left off playing: at Chelsea. His record was not bad at all with the Londoners: a European ...

Vialli joined Chelsea in 1996 and won the FA ... combining his roles on and off the pitch. He hung up his boots in 1999 after scoring 40 goals in 87 appearances and continued as manager on a ...

Vialli rounded off his playing career in England. He became player-manager of Chelsea in 1998 after the departure of Ruud Gullit, and remained in the dugout after hanging up his boots. His 59 ...

Gianluca Vialli's former clubs and team-mates have paid glowing tributes to the Italian after his death was announced on Friday. Gianluca Vialli has been remembered as a "legend" with "adorable ...

Italy football great Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 after what he described as his “journey” with an “unwelcome travel companion” – pancreatic cancer. Vialli announced in December that ...

Gianluca Vialli, the former Italian soccer forward who helped Sampdoria and Juventus win Serie A and European trophies before becoming player-coach at Chelsea, has died. He was 58. The Italian ...

Read our privacy notice. Gianluca Vialli grew up in a castle in northern Italy but made London his home. The son of a millionaire, Vialli had all the trappings of a regal upbringing at Castello di ...