Liverpool gamers, previous and current, and employees attended the funeral of Diogo Jota and his brother of their hometown of Gondomar, Portugal on Saturday.
Jota and his brother Andre had been laid to relaxation on Saturday after they handed away in a automobile crash in Spain on Thursday morning.
Members of Liverpool’s squad, coaches and membership officers attended the chapel late on Friday night, together with former gamers Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Caoimhin Kelleher, Thiago and Fabinho.
Gamers and employees then arrived for the funeral at 9.30am on Saturday morning, with Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson carrying flower tributes in honour of each brothers.
The flower tributes learn ’20’ and ’30’, the respective squad numbers of Jota and Andre.
Additionally current had been former Liverpool coaches Pepijn Lijnders and Vitor Matos and members of the Portugal nationwide staff and their supervisor, Roberto Martinez.
Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo, who performed for Al Hilal within the Membership World Cup within the US on Friday night, had been additionally in attendance.
The coffins of Jota and Andre had been carried into the church with shut pal Neves one of many pallbearers for Diogo; the service lasted for one hour, ending at 11am.
Earlier than the funeral Alisson had heartbreakingly defined that he was an ocean away in Brazil and couldn’t attend however knew he was “nicely represented by my membership mates.”
A guide of remembrance has been opened at Anfield, with followers queuing to jot down their tributes to the Reds’ No. 20, and on-line.
A whole bunch of flowers have now been positioned outdoors Anfield, in addition to at his former golf equipment, Wolves, Porto and Pacos de Ferreira as tributes proceed to pour in from throughout world soccer and past.
Relaxation in peace, Diogo and Andre.
