Former Super Eagles forward Shola Ameobi cries at the memorial for the late Kevin Keegan

Former Super Eagles striker Shola Ameobi was moved to tears as he looked at a monument placed in honor of English football legend Kevin Keegan, who was one of his coaches at Newcastle United, where the top hitman spent the first 14 years of his career.

Sports247 reports that Ameobi, 44, then spent a season on loan at Stoke City, then moved to Turkey’s Gaziantep, before spells at Crystal Palace, Bolton Wanderers, Fleetwood Town and Notts County, but remained fully dedicated to The Magpies.

Keegan, who had two terms as Newcastle manager (1992-1997 and 2008) was one of the tacticians who helped Ameobi stabilize at Saint James’s Park, where the striker spent time at the Toon academy from 1995 to 2000, with his formative years guided by the England legend.

Ameobi, who played for Nigeria in the 2014 FIFA World Cup under the late Stephen Okechukwu Keshi as Super Eagles coach, has now paid tribute to Keegan by appearing at a public memorial where he saw a sea of ​​flowers, scarves, flags, cones and football shirts sent by Toon fans.

The dark-haired former international rubbed his eyes as he looked at the objects scattered on the ground in honor of ‘King Kev’, who died on Monday at the age of 75, after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, leaving fond memories of how he thrilled the football world as a player and coach.

In honor of the late England star, Ameobi, who scored 53 goals for Newcastle and is now an ambassador for the Tyneside team, remained solemn and did not say a word as he wiped tears from his eyes.

Sports247 further reports that while Ameobi revealed his emotions in action alone and chose not to speak, the club’s current coach Eddie Howe said Keegan, who also played for England’s Liverpool and Southampton as well as Germany’s SV Hamburg, was an “inspiration.”