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Tributes have been paid to the son of a Woking FC director who died following a collision involving a taxi.

Young footballer Joe Reay, once on the books of Chelsea, was declared dead at the scene following the incident on Saturday morning.

Peter Jordan, a Woking FC director and close family friend, told Get Surrey: "I last saw him on the Friday evening at the sportsman's dinner with Frank Bruno and then heard in the morning he had died.

"He was going to Chelsea on the Saturday, with his dad Kelvin who is a season ticket holder.

"Joe would have turned 21 this month and his dad planned to send him and his mates to Vegas - it is just terrible.

"He had a good evening with Frank Bruno on the Friday and was full of beans and happy.

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"He was once at Chelsea Academy and then came to Woking Academy.

"He had suffered from knee injuries over the last 18 months but was just coming back to form.

"He was certainly a very good player. I spent two hours with his family on Saturday as Kelvin is a director and a good friend.

"The family is devastated, the whole club is devastated."

A statement from Woking FC read: "It is with great sadness that Woking Football Club has today learned of the untimely passing of Joe Reay, son of director Kelvin Reay.

"The club offers its deepest condolences to the Reay family at this difficult time.

"Joe was a respected member of Woking's Academy."

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On Friday evening Joe had attended a sportsman's dinner at Woking FC with special guest, British boxing legend Frank Bruno.

Dozens of tributes have been paid to Joe, who worked as a greenkeeper, including this tweet from British sprinter and former teammate Adam Gemili.

Police were called at around 5.20am on Saturday and spoke with the driver of a taxi involved in the collision.

Joe was found a short time later at the other end of Woodham Lane and pronounced dead at the scene.

A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and has been released on police bail until Thursday January 8, while the investigation continues.