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Spurs players say his guidance will never be forgotten as they approach a year since his tragic death – but there is also a 20-foot reminder on the staircase of the Academy. Ugo Ehiogu and his wife Gemma together before the former England defender's tragic passing last yearThey walk past his giant image every day, its sheer size making it impossible not to think of their coach.Ehiogu’s wife, Gemma, sometimes walks past it too when she takes their son Obi to train at Spurs as a budding goalkeeper.She says: “The youngsters asked the management for it, from what I understand.“I don’t think any of us knew just what a huge influence he was on people. He’d be at work for 14 hours and would come home and be on the phone to a player who was upset about something.Twitter @UgoEhiogu Ugo Ehiogu urged his Twitter followers to #DoSomethingKind in one of his final tweets after giving a homeless girl £10 Tottenham's youngsters urged the club's management to put up a permanent tribute to their late coach at the training ground“He had time for everybody. He went out of his way for everybody.“The influence he had, none of us grasped how big it was until it was too late.“That is my saddest thing. I don’t think even he knew how deeply loved he was.”The respect and love for Ehiogu was seen at his funeral, the first Gemma had attended, let alone arranged.Action Images - Reuters Ugo Ehiogu lifts the League Cup with current England manager Gareth Southgate for Middlesbrough in 2004Getty Images - Getty Ehiogu had been coaching with Tottenham when he diedGareth Southgate paid respect to his great friend with a speech at St Michael’s Church in Highgate, others travelled from around the globe to be there.To anyone who met him, it was heartbreaking and simply unfair that it was Ehiogu who suffered cardiac arrest at Tottenham’s training ground, on the Academy pitches where he nurtured so many talented youngsters to help them succeed in football.Mauricio Pochettino was training with the first team at a different area of the club’s Enfield HQ and quickly heard about the ... (The Sun)