Liam Payne’s boyhood football club pays heartbreaking tribute to One Direction star following his shock death aged 31, Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died aged 31 in Buenos Aires West Brom joined the tributes to the star, a keen supporter of the football clubFollow all the latest Liam Payne updates with MailOnline after singer’s death.
West Bromwich Albion have joined the tributes to One Direction star Liam Payne following his shock death at the age of 31.
Payne died in Buenos Aires after falling from a hotel. Several witnesses said Payne had fallen from his room at the Casa Sur Palmero Hotel shortly after 5pm (ART) Wednesday evening.
The Championship football club shared a tribute on X to the singer, who had previously spoken of his support for the team.
We’re shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Baggies fan and musician, Liam Payne,’ West Brom wrote. ‘Our thoughts are with Liam’s family, friends and loved ones at this tragic time.’
West Brom’s tribute included a photo of the star at one of the team’s matches.
Payne had previously declared he was a ‘huge West Brom supporter’ when he featured in Soccer Aid in 2022, but admitted he ‘I don’t get to the games as often as I’d like though.’
The club had sent Payne a customised West Brom shirt back in 2017, featuring the name of his then newborn son Bear, who he had welcomed with Cheryl Cole weeks earlier.
The shirt was aimed as a bid to earn his support in favour of Newcastle, the hometown club of Cheryl.
The English star rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction, alongside his former bandmates Harry, 30, Niall Horan, 31, Zayn Malik, 31, and Louis Tomlinson, 32.
The popstar had reportedly arrived in the Latin American country earlier this month to attend his ex bandmate Horan’s concert.
Local police have since launched an investigation into the sudden death, as tributes flood in the wake of the tragedy.
A statement from local police said they arrived to the hotel after they were ‘informed of an aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol’.
Officials heard a loud sound in the courtyard before discovering his body just after 5pm, reported the BBC.
According to TMZ, Liam ‘had been acting erratic in the hotel lobby and smashed his laptop’ before he ‘had to be carried back to his room’.
