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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot and striker Diogo Jota.(Image: Barrington Coombs/Getty Images)

Arne Slot has paid a touching tribute to Diogo Jota after Liverpool Football Club were left devastated by the tragic passing of the forward on Thursday morning (July 3).

Police said the accident happened at 12.30am.

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Slot took over as Liverpool head coach last summer and led the club to the Premier League title in his first season in charge.



They are of a father, a son, a brother and an uncle and they belong to the family of Diogo and Andre Silva who have experienced such an unimaginable loss.

“My message to them is very clear – you will never walk alone.

The players, the staff, the supporters of Liverpool Football Club are all with you and from what I have seen today, the same can be said of the wider family of football.

“This is not solely a response to tragedy.

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.

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.

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“When the time is right, we will celebrate Diogo Jota, we will remember his goals and we will sing his song.