Bradford’s 13-year-old academy star Tomi Solomon has died after playing in a river with friends.The teenager passed away in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, while playing with a group of 15 friends at a slow-moving part of the River Calder near an industrial estate on Tuesday, June 1.While enjoying the time during the half-term holidays, Solomon got into difficulty and his body was recovered by a specialist fire service the same day.The young footballer’s academy manager Neil Matthews released a statement after the news broke.The Bradford youth coach said: “We are devastated to hear of this news about Tomi, and our thoughts are with his family at this time.“Tomi was very popular and well thought of, by all the staff who had the pleasure of.
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