A touching moment between a professional footballer and a terminally ill little boy was captured on Thursday.
Five-year-old Bradley Lowery, who suffers from a rare form of cancer known as Neuroblastoma, continues to receive enormous support from the Sunderland Football Club.
Bradley is a massive Black Cats fans and has often been visited by Sunderland players, as well as attending matches and spending time with the players on the pitch.
This latest visit from Jermaine Defoe, Vito Mannone, John O'Shea and Sebastian Larsson saw Bradley fall asleep in the arms of the club's star striker.
You can't get more touching than that!
Bradley loves @IAmJermainDefoe he didn't want him to leave today and fell asleep cuddling into him #specialbond#bestfriendspic.twitter.com/sn2symKhdv
— Bradley Lowery (@Bradleysfight) February 9, 2017
Love you little man #bestfriendshttps://t.co/hw1YtwQjZ2
— Jermain Defoe (@IAmJermainDefoe) February 9, 2017
