Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson and Curtis Jones were among a Liverpool contingent to pay their respects to team-mate Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, as they attended his wake in Portugal on Friday night.
Priest Jose Manuel Macedo is set to oversee the funeral at the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar catholic church and Portugal's president Marcelo de Sousa has confirmed he will be among those in attendance.
A private wake was attended by Jota's wife Rute Cardoso, who he married last month, and the player's family in addition to Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, FC Porto President Andre Villas-Boas and Jota's long-time agent Jorge Mendes.
Friday saw hundreds of mourners line the streets of Gondomar to pay tribute.
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Van Dijk vowed to support Jota's family as he expressed his feelings following Jota's passing.
For your family to lose two sons, a husband and a father is just unimaginable.
I could talk about him as a player for hours, but none of that feels like it matters right now.
Darwin Nunez attended the public wake held for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at the Capela da Ressurreicao(Image: Octavio Passos/Getty Images)
"It's the man.
How much he was bursting with love for his wife and family.
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