Family and friends of the Vodafone Fiji Under 17 soccer player, Muni Shalit Reddy were ready to welcome him home and cannot believe that he will never return home. He died in Apia, Samoa in an apparent drowning.

Reddy’s uncle, Deepak Somaiya said the two officials from the Fiji Football Association gave the message to Reddy’s father at his work place earlier this week.

He added that the family is still in a state of shock.