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Mohamed Salah arriving at Liverpool training on Tuesday morning.(Image: PA)
Liverpool players have reported for their first day of pre-season training at Melwood on Tuesday morning just 72 hours after attending the funeral of team-mate Diogo Jota in Portugal.
Reds stars including Mohamed Salah, Andrew Robertson and new signing Jeremie Frimpong were pictured driving to the first day of preparation for the upcoming campaign with the club still in mourning.
Jota, 28, and younger brother Andre Silva, 26, died in the early hours of last Thursday when a tyre of the Lamborghini they were travelling in exploded.
They had been travelling across Spain to catch a ferry from Santander to Portsmouth.
Their deaths have shocked the footballing world with heartbreaking tributes paid from across the game.
Salah admitted in a heartfelt post on social media that he would find it hard to get his head around Jota not being present when the players reconvened.
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"I am truly lost for words," he wrote last week.
It’s going to be extremely difficult to accept that Diogo won’t be there when we go back."
Head coach Arne Slot said the “sense of shock is absolute”, adding: “He was a loved one to all of us.”
Former manager Jurgen Klopp, who brought Jota to Anfield in 2020, wrote on Instagram : "This is a moment where I struggle.
There must be a bigger purpose, but I can’t see it.
Flowers laid in memory of Diogo Jota at Liverpool's training ground.(Image: PA)
“I’m heartbroken to hear about the passing of Diogo and his brother Andre.
Diogo was not only a fantastic player, but also a great friend, a loving and caring husband and father.
“We will miss you so much.
How much he was bursting with love for his wife and family.
Andrew Robertson carried a floral tribute during the funeral of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre
"I can’t believe we’re saying goodbye.