Eric Djemba-Djemba has recalled the last words of team-mate Marc-Vivien Foe

‘If someone needs to die today, we will die’: Eric Djemba-Djemba reveals Marc-Vivien Foe’s eerie final words to team-mates before his fatal collapse during 2003 Confederations Cup

Eric Djemba-Djemba has recalled the last words of team-mate Marc-Vivien Foe
The ex-Man United midfielder said Foe told them he was ready to die on the pitch
Foe made the declaration hours before he collapsed in the centre circle in 2003
Eric Djemba-Djemba has revealed the chilling final words of former Cameroon team-mate Marc-Vivien Foe before he collapsed on the pitch during a Confederations Cup match in 2003.

Foe, who represented Lens, West Ham, Lyon and Manchester City during his career, told team-mates he was ready to die on the pitch in the hours preceding their semi-final tie against Colombia.

Djemba-Djemba partnered Foe in central midfield for Cameroon but on that day at the Stade de Gerland in Lyon, he saw his team-mate collapse inside the centre circle following an aerial challenge and he died soon after.

Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed on the pitch at the 2003 Confederations Cup