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Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died at the age of 28.

The Portugal forward and his brother, Andre, were killed in a car crash in Spain on Thursday morning.

And family and friends of the brothers are now gathering for their funeral in their homeland.

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According to the Spanish Guardia Civil, the accident happened after Jota and his brother’s Lamborghini ‘left the road due to a tyre blow out while overtaking.’

Further details revealed that he was travelling by car from Porto to get a ferry from Santander back to England.

The Portugal international had been advised by doctors not to fly back to Liverpool as he had undergone minor surgery.

News of Jota's death sent shockwaves throughout the football world, with tributes flooding in and fans leaving wreaths, scarves, shirts and flowers at a makeshift shrine outside Anfield.

Liverpool said the club is 'devastated' at the 'unimaginable loss' of their player, while Cristiano Ronaldo said the passing of his international teammate 'doesn't make sense'.

6 minutes agoBy Joe Moore

The funeral of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva has now finished.

The coffins arrived and were carried into the Capela da Ressurreicao an hour ago, with Ruben Neves among the pallbearers.

A procession of family, friends, teammates and colleagues then also entered the church, while a large crowd of mourners were gathered respectfully outside the gates in support of the family of the two footballers.

A live audio feed of the service was played outside the church for the mourners who had gathered there.

The service started with the Lord's Prayer.

Diogo and Andre's family are Catholic, and a priest in Gondomar  told local reporters on Friday that Jota deeply cared about his faith.

The Liverpool star often pointed to the sky in celebrations of his goals in a public showing of his beleifs.

Church bells rang out as the service came to a close, as those in attendance began to leave the chapel.

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14 minutes agoBy Joe Moore

Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen: "What has happened is unbelievably tragic.

"We as FC Bayern will also play our part together with Liverpool."

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39 minutes agoBy Joe Moore

Jordan Henderson and James Milner were also in attendance to remember Jota, along with current Liverpool players Ryan Gravenberch and Cody Gakpo.

Liverpool technical director Julian Ward (L) and chief executive Michael Edwards (3L) are also pictured here.

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Family, friends, teammates and colleagues of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva are gathering this morning for their funeral.

After a public wake yesterday, today marks the private funeral of the two brothers following their tragic death in a car accident on Thursday morning.

Among the mourners pictured arriving at the Capela da Ressurreicao in Gondomar, Portugal, were Jota's Liverpool and Portugal teammates.

Reds captain and vice-captain Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson carried flower tributes to Diogo and Andre in the shape of two Liverpool shirts with their respective shirt numbers.

Close friend and former Wolves teammate Ruben Neves was also in attendance and was part of the group carrying Jota's coffin.

Jota and Andre's death has sent shockwaves through the football world, with the Liverpool star's passing just ten days after marrying his childhood sweetheart making it all the more heartbreaking.

It's sparked widespread grief from Liverpool fans but also supporters of other clubs, and today we grieve as one.

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Today, 09:55By Anton Stanley

The football world continues to mourn the death of Liverpool's Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva.

Ahead of Chelsea's 2-1 Club World Cup win over Palmeiras, Pedro Neto gave his own tribute to the brothers.

He walked out to the pitch with a shirt emblazoned with their names and continued to hold it - along with Blues captain Enzo Fernandez - during a minute's silence.

The winger played with Jota at Wolves during the 2019/20 season with the now-Blues star, even assisting his then-teammate in a Europa League win over Besiktas.

Jota scored a hat-trick in that 4-0 win at Molineux.

Pedro Neto paid tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva who tragically passed away on Thursday moring

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4th Jul 2025, 22:50By Jackson Cole

Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez has been spotted attending the wake of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva.

Bernardo Silva, Jota's national teammate, has also paid tribute.

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4th Jul 2025, 20:06By Jack Johnson

There has just been a moment of silence held for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at the Club World Cup.



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4th Jul 2025, 17:22By Jack Johnson

Members of the public and Diogo Jota's teammates have been arriving at the Liverpool star and his brother's public wake.

Diogo Dalot and João Moutinho are in Gondomar, Portugal, Jota and Andre Silva's hometown, for the wake.

He told me that he would not go on the pre-season tour that Liverpool is going to Japan to strengthen his recovery, he believed he was going to have a great season."

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4th Jul 2025, 15:24By Jack Cunningham

Several Everton players have arrived at Anfield to pay their respects to Diogo Jota.

Beto and Youssef Chermiti have made the short journey across Merseyside.

They have joined the tens of thousands of people who have also put down at least one item in memory of Jota and his brother, Andre Silva.

Something like this proves just how closely connected the football world is, and the level of support has truly been heartwarming.

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4th Jul 2025, 14:10By Jack Cunningham

talkSPORT callers have provided us with some brilliant tributes to Diogo Jota and that is from Liverpool, Wolves and the wider football world.

We have also received a beautiful poem about the 28-year-old.

Natalie the Liverpool fan sent this poem in for us that Alan Brazil read out on Breakfast.

It goes as follows: "Diogo, the number 20 shirt you wore.

"You are the best, you always gave us your all.

"With your magic trickery, you had defenders on the floor.

"You gave us such excitement, you made Anfield roar.

"We sang your iconic song every time you would score.

"You are a legend forever, we will always adore.

"We love you dearly from the core.

"Can't believe you're not with us any more.

"But we know You'll Never Walk Alone and will always be remembered for sure.

"A red family member from the core."

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4th Jul 2025, 13:07By Jack Cunningham

Former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson couldn't hide his emotions when spotted at Anfield today.

The England international could be seen placing a bouquet of flowers amongst the thousands of other tributes.

Henderson was in tears as he said goodbye to his former teammate.

Jota was involved in a tragic car accident on Thursday morning with his brother, Andre Silva.

It is an incident that has left the whole football world in shock.

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4th Jul 2025, 12:52By Jack Cunningham

Liverpool have postponed the return of their players to pre-season training.

Certain players were scheduled to be back on Merseyside today, but following the news of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva's tragic death, the Reds have delayed the start of pre-season.

Liverpool's first game ahead of the new Premier League campaign getting underway is scheduled for July 13.

Arne Slot's men are set to take on Preston North End.

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4th Jul 2025, 12:27By Jack Cunningham

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has now posted his tribute to Diogo Jota.

The Egyptian forward was another who spent Jota's entire career at Anfield with him, and they often linked up on the pitch.

And after Jota and his brother, Andre Silva's, tragic death, Salah has posted some lovely words.

In an Instagram statement, he said: "I am truly lost for words.

They will never be forgotten."

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4th Jul 2025, 11:43By Jack Cunningham

talkSPORT's Troy Deeney has paid tribute to the people of Liverpool for uniting after the tragic death of Diogo Jota.

Everton and Liverpool fans have all placed items and flowers to remember the forward and his brother, who both sadly passed away in a tragic car accident on Thursday morning.

Speaking on talkSPORT's White and Jordan show, Deeney said: "They are special people the Scousers, and I just think Liverpool as a football club always seem to come out of these situations bigger, better and handle themselves with so much class and dignity.

"Liverpool will handle it with respect and class.

"Diogo and his family need that, and it's a strange topic to be talking about losing someone who is 28 years old, let's put that into perspective.

"He just got married and has kids, and a little bit of my heart is pumping a bit weird because it doesn't feel right to be having this conversation."

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4th Jul 2025, 11:09By Jack Cunningham

We have already mentioned how there was a minute's silence before Portugal and Spain's game in the Women's European Championship, but it went beyond that.

Fans and players were clearly emotional ahead of the game as his picture was shown on the big screen while everyone in the stadium stopped to reflect.

And after the match, the Portugal players gathered in front of a huge banner paying tribute to Jota.

The 28-year-old and his brother, Andre Silva, sadly lost their lives on Thursday morning after they were involved in a fatal car crash.

The funeral is set to be held on Saturday in Porto.

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