Brother who was a City fan passed away last Friday aged 27 after a battle with cancer.

Good evening Cityzens,

I hope this post is allowed, I don't use Reddit all that often.

Unfortunately my brother Michael passed away last Friday at the age of 27 after a 10 month battle with cancer, 11 days after his 27th birthday. We were sadly told on his birthday of all days that he was end of life after multiple courses of chemo didn't resolve his illness. He loved watching City from a young age & for his 27th birthday we got him the new away shirt with his name and age on the back. It was bittersweet to watch City play against West Ham and beat them in that shirt over the weekend & we shed a few tears during + after the match.

He was staying in The Christie Hospital in Manchester as part of his treatment & the amazing staff at the hospital and at Manchester City arranged for a Rodri signed shirt to be hand delivered to him by the club as the hospital staff found out he loved City. Fortunately he managed to see the shirt a few hours before he passed & he was well and truly over the (blue) moon about it. It was a beautiful moment seeing him with the shirt and we are so so happy he got to receive it in time.

I felt compelled to post this really so he isn't forgotten and to maybe have a few City fans spare a thought for him really as well as thanking City for what they did.

I have included in this post a picture of him during a stadium tour sat in Doku's seat as he is one of his favourite players as well as a photo of me and my mum with printed shirts in his memory outside the Etihad yesterday. We've also planned a City themed funeral for him & he is being buried in a City shirt too, which we are really happy and proud of.

Edit: Unable to upload photos so I have a link – https://imgur.com/a/sFJsg8e