Arne Slot left a handwritten note alongside a bouquet of flowers as he paid tribute to Diogo Jota at the player's Anfield memorial on Tuesday.

The Reds' head coach journeyed to Anfield in the evening, having spent much of the day at the AXA Training Center as the players returned to Kirkby for the first day of pre-season.

Slot was joined by his wife outside the stadium that Jota and his teammates lifted the Premier League title in just a matter of weeks ago.

Slot laid a bouquet of flowers and left a card at the memorial.

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The soccer world was sent into mourning last Thursday when it Jota died alongside his brother, Andre Silva, in a car crash in Spain, as the pair were making their way to Liverpool by road ahead of the start of pre-season training this week.

Jota had been advised against air travel by medics after undergoing lung surgery earlier in the summer.

Liverpool published a statement from head coach Slot on the day of Jota's death, as he described the late striker as "a player we loved dearly."

Part of the statement said: "I could say so much about what he brought to our team but the truth is everyone who watched Diogo play could see it.

In many ways, it was a dream summer for Diogo and his family, which makes it all the more heartbreaking that it should end like this.

"When I first came to the club, one of the first songs I got to know was the one that our fans sing for Diogo

I had not worked with him previously but I knew straight away that if the Liverpool supporters, who have seen so many great players over the years, had such a unique chant for Diogo, he must have special qualities.

"That we have lost those qualities in such terrible circumstances is something we have not yet come to terms with

We owe this to Diogo, to Andre Silva, to their wider family and to ourselves.

"My condolences go to Diogo’s wife, Rute, their three beautiful children and to the parents of Diogo and Andre Silva."