Cheick Tiote’s body will arrive in Ivory Coast on Thursday where tributes will be paid to the later international by his former teammates.
Tiote – who was a member of the Elephants that ended a 23-year drought by winning the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations – died on June the 5th at the age of 30.
The former Newcastle midfielder fainted’ during a training session with his second-tier Chinese club Beijing Enterprises before he died in the hospital.
Tiote had 52 caps for ‘The Elephants’ and played in two World Cups in 2010 and 2014.
