Chelsea fanclub is gearing up to pay tribute to Abhradeep Saha aka the ‘Angry Rantman’. The football and film commentator passed away on 14 April. Tom Overend, the owner of the website ‘TheChelsSocial’, took to X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday and revealed that he had been able to get in touch with the YouTuber’s family and is arranging a tribute. “It has been possible to put his family in touch with Chelsea to arrange a tribute to Abhradeep at Stamford Bridge at an upcoming game and get him included in the Matchday program. I will keep everybody updated on which game. Thank you so much for the support.” reads the tweet.
The post went viral on the microblogging site and gained more than 467K views and 22K likes. Netizens flooded the comment section and praised Overend for this thoughtful gesture. “Thank you so much Tom. This means so much to every one of us..” read one reply.
“Today I wish that the thing they say that the soul hangs around till the 13th day is true, because rantman would be absolutely buzzing to be part of a tribute by Chelsea. Amazing work by Tom..” wrote another. “Today, entire Football Supporters' Community of India will be rooting for the BLUES. It will be such cool way to honour Abhra's memory if Chelsea win today against the strong favourites Man City. Go Get it done lads… “ commented another.
Known for his passionate, unfiltered commentary and occasional bursts of fiery emotion, Saha rose to prominence as both a football and film critic. With a strong presence online, he amassed 481K