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Julian Ward, Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards arrive at the funeral chapel for the wake of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva in Portugal(Image: (MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty Images))

Representatives from Liverpool Football Club and Fenway Sports Group have arrived in Portugal for the public wake of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva.

Among those pictured arriving at the chapel in Gondomar, Portugal, were Liverpool staff Richard Hughes, Lee Nobes, Jonathan Power and Amit Pannu.

Also pictured arriving at Capela da Ressurreicao to pay their respects were Michael Edwards, Fenway Sports Group’s CEO of Football, and Julian Ward, who also works for FSG.



Edwards signed Jota in his previous role as Liverpool sporting director back in September 2020, with the Reds bringing in the forward in a deal worth up to £45 million from Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Jota's teammate at Liverpool, Fabinho, has also been pictured arriving at the wake, as have Portugal internationals Bernardo Silva, Diogo Dalot, Joao Moutinho, Jose Fonte and Andre Silva.

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The public wake has been an all-day occasion, with mourners still continuing to join the queue to enter the chapel and pay their respects to Jota and his brother in their hometown.

The Liverpool striker and his 26-year-old sibling, who played for Portuguese side Penafiel, died on Thursday (July 3) after a tyre blew out on their car, resulting in a crash when attempting to overtake on the A52, known as the Palacios de Sanabria, according to local police.

The bodies of both footballers were returned to their native Portugal on Thursday evening ahead a wake today and then a funeral service at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar (the Mother Church of Gondomar) tomorrow (Saturday, July 5).

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Paying tribute to Jota on Friday, Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah said: “I am truly lost for words.

"Until yesterday, I never thought there would be something that would frighten me of going back to Liverpool after the break.

“Team-mates come and go but not like this.

It’s going to be extremely difficult to accept that Diogo won’t be there when we go back.

“My thoughts are with his wife, his children, and of course his parents who suddenly lost their children.

“Those close to Diogo and his brother Andre need all the support they can get.

"They will never be forgotten.”

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