German footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger has paid tribute to Nick Schuster, one of the who died after a balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California on Monday night.
Schuster was a huge fan of Bayern Munich and their midfield star Schweinsteiger.
Picture from Facebook.
Friends of the 21-year-old contacted the footballer on Facebook and told him that the Irish student had been a huge fan. They included a picture of Schweinsteiger posing for a photo with Nick.
The World Cup winner responded to the post today, sending a message of condolence to the young man’s family and reposting the picture of the two.
Translated, his post read: “The news makes me very sad. I wish you, the family and all the members of Nick a lot of strength for this difficult time.
“I would like to express my condolences also all other sufferers of this accident.”
If you cannot see the embedded post, you can view it on Facebook.