Former Manchester United and Aston Villa favourite Dion Dublin has paid tribute to the late Cyrille Regis.
Regis, who was a pioneer for black footballers, was idolised by Dublin and the pair were close friends.
Dublin, 48, fought the emotions when he said on the BBC: "There was something about Cyrille that myself and Brian Dean, Wrighty (Ian Wright), Les Ferdinand, we were the players that looked at those kind of players and thought we want to play, we want to be like you.
"Cyrille Regis was my hero, all I wanted to do was play like him.
"I used to watch him all the time and if it wasn't for him I would never have become a professional footballer."