Wolverhampton Wanderers lead tributes to Matija Sarkic

Sarkic died on the morning of 15 June whereas in Budva, Montenegro, a Wolves spokesperson mentioned.

In a post on X, external, previously Twitter, the membership mentioned the keeper was “sensible, vibrant, heat and humorous” and can be “missed by all of us”.

“The information has come as a large shock to all of us. It’s unbelievably heartbreaking and everybody at Wolves is devastated to listen to of Mati’s passing,” added Hobbs.

“He was unbelievably humble and handled everybody how he would need to be handled himself,” he mentioned. “He was the right professional.”

Born in Grimbsy, Sarkic was an everyday within the senior Montenegro squad and earned six of his 9 worldwide caps whereas he was a Wolves participant.

After arriving from Aston Villa, the keeper hung out on mortgage at golf equipment together with Stratford City, Shrewsbury City, Birmingham Metropolis, and Stoke Metropolis, earlier than becoming a member of Millwall final summer time the place he went on to play 32 instances.

The keeper’s former golf equipment joined tributes to the 26-year-old on Saturday, with Aston Villa, Birmingham Metropolis and Stratford City all including they had been “deeply saddened” to listen to of the keeper’s loss of life.

In a press release on its web site, Stoke Metropolis mentioned it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the information.

Sarkic had joined the Potters on mortgage from Wolves in January 2023, happening to characteristic in eight matches.

“The ideas and condolences of everybody linked with Stoke Metropolis are with Matija’s household and mates at this unhappy time,” a membership spokesperson added.

Shrewsbury City, the place Sarkic hung out on mortgage in 2020, mentioned it was “devastated” to study the keeper, who performed 26 instances for the membership, had died.

A spokesperson added: “The ideas and prayers of everybody at Shrewsbury City are with Matija’s household and mates at this extremely unhappy time.”