Diogo Jota dies aged 28: Live updates as Liverpool star’s funeral set for Saturday after car crash that killed him and his brother

Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died at the age of 28. The Portugal forward and his brother, Andre, were killed in a car crash in Spain on Thursday morning. According to the Spanish Guardia Civil, the accident happened after Jota and his brother’s Lamborghini ‘left the road due to a tyre blow out while overtaking.’ Fresh details have revealed that he was travelling by car from Porto to get a ferry from Santander back to England. The Portugal international had been advised by doctors not to fly back to Liverpool as he had undergone minor surgery. News of Jota’s death sent shockwaves throughout the football world, with tributes flooding in and fans leaving wreaths, scarves, shirts and flowers at a makeshift shrine outside Anfield. Liverpool said the clubs is ‘devastated’ at the ‘unimaginable loss’ of their player, while Cristiano Ronaldo said the passing of his international teammate ‘doesn’t make sense’. The player’s funeral is now set for Saturday morning.

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Diogo Jota dies aged 28: Live updates as Liverpool star’s funeral set for Saturday after car crash that killed him and his brother

Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died at the age of 28.

The Portugal forward and his brother, Andre, were killed in a car crash in Spain on Thursday morning.

According to the Spanish Guardia Civil, the accident happened after Jota and his brother’s Lamborghini ‘left the road due to a tyre blow out while overtaking.’

Fresh details have revealed that he was travelling by car from Porto to get a ferry from Santander back to England.

The Portugal international had been advised by doctors not to fly back to Liverpool as he had undergone minor surgery.

News of Jota’s death sent shockwaves throughout the football world, with tributes flooding in and fans leaving wreaths, scarves, shirts and flowers at a makeshift shrine outside Anfield.

Liverpool said the clubs is ‘devastated’ at the ‘unimaginable loss’ of their player, while Cristiano Ronaldo said the passing of his international teammate ‘doesn’t make sense’.

The player’s funeral is now set for Saturday morning.