Liverpool gamers gathered in the small Portuguese city of Gondomar on Saturday (July 5, 2025) for the funeral of their English Premier League teammate Diogo Jota, who died together with his youthful brother in a automobile crash in Spain on Thursday.
Club captain Virgil Van Dijk, goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher and supervisor Arne Slot have been amongst teammates previous and current who arrived in Portugal late on Friday to pay their respects to the striker and his brother, Andre Silva.
They are anticipated to hitch the grieving household and tons of of residents of Gondomar, a small city in northern Portugal the place Jota grew up, for the funeral on the Igreja Matriz church.
Jota’s widow
Rute Cardoso, who married Jota simply weeks in the past, is anticipated to be accompanied by the couple’s three younger youngsters.
Rute Cardoso arrives on the day of the funeral ceremony of her husband Liverpool’s Portuguese participant Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva
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Jota’s loss of life on the age of 28 despatched shock waves by means of the world of soccer and past, with messages of condolences pouring in from nationwide leaders in addition to throughout the game.
The brothers have been believed to have been driving to a ferry in Spain to journey to Britain when their Lamborghini veered off the street and burst into flames after midnight on Thursday. Police mentioned they suspected a tyre had burst.
