Manchester City star Raheem Sterling is set to pay for the funeral of Crystal Palace youth player Damary Dawkins, who lost his battle with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in March, aged just 13.
Sterling had struck up a friendship with the youngster and supported campaigns to try and find Dawkins a suitable stem cell donor, but he unfortunately passed away last month.
Dawkins' family have set up a GoFundMe page to raise £15,000 for the funeral, but it has now been confirmed that Sterling will cover all the costs for the proceedings, and he will attend the funeral on Friday.