Diogo Jota‘s Liverpool teammates will attend the funeral of the 28-year-old and his brother André Silva in Portugal on Saturday, a supply has informed ESPN.
Portugal and Liverpool ahead Jota and his brother have been killed in a car crash in northern Spain on Wednesday night whereas reportedly driving to the port metropolis of Santander to catch a ferry to England forward of Jota’s deliberate return to coaching with the Premier League champions on Monday.
The brothers’ funeral will be held Saturday on the Matriz de Gondomar church, situated 33 kilometers from Porto, after household and mates gathered for a wake on Friday.
And a supply has informed ESPN that members of the Liverpool squad will probably be touring to Portugal for the funeral on Saturday morning.
Jota and his dad and mom each have houses in Gondomar, the place he began his enjoying profession as a baby. Gondomar is a working-class city subsequent to Porto, the place Jota was born.
A number of Liverpool gamers have paid tribute to Jota, with Andy Robertson, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk issuing prolonged posts concerning the lack of the previous Wolves ahead.
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot and the membership’s house owners, Fenway Sports activities Group, additionally issued public tributes to the participant.
Plans for Liverpool to return to preseason coaching on Monday have been postponed out of respect to Jota.
Data from The Related Press was used on this report.