Neil Harris has paid a beautiful tribute to Matija Sarkic following the Millwall goalkeeper's tragic death at the weekend. Sarkic, a Montenegro international, passed away in Budva on Saturday morning at the age of just 26. Tributes to Sarkic have poured in from across the football community in the wake of his passing and Harris, Millwall's head coach, has shared his own tribute.
Speaking on Millwall's official website, Harris said: "First thoughts have to go with Mati's parents and his brothers. They had a wonderful son and a wonderful brother who was a really caring, good man. Obviously getting the call at 7 o'clock in the morning first thing on the weekend, you know it's not going to be positive news.
But you could never imagine the devastation in the moment that you find out that such a good man at such a tender age has lost his life. "Words find it hard to explain how you feel. It makes it very emotional to me because I have a 22-year-old son myself, Mati was only a few years older.
Any human being, any Millwall fan or anybody in life can relate to something like that. [It's] devastating news for the family, for our football club." Andy Marshall, the club's goalkeeping coach, was the first person at the club to learn of Sarkic's passing.
The pair were close with Marshall working with Sarkic at Aston Villa and Birmingham City before reuniting at Millwall last summer. He and Harris have both been in contact with Sarkic's family since Saturday. Harris added: "[Marshall] was .
