The Liverpool squad will reportedly be in attendance for tomorrow's joint funerals for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva after the pair tragically died in a car crash
17:13, 04 Jul 2025Updated 17:13, 04 Jul 2025
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Diogo Jota's funeral is slated for tomorrow(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The Liverpool squad will attend tomorrow’s joint funerals for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, according to Portuguese media.
TV station SIC reported today (July 4) Diogo's heartbroken teammates are set to jet off to Portugal in time for the 10am funeral mass tomorrow at a church in the footballer’s home town of Gondomar near Portugal. The Premier League champions are yet to confirm whether they will be in attendance.
Jota Silva, a winger for Nottingham Forest and the Portugal national team, was spotted at today’s wake at a neighbouring chapel. Well-placed sources said Portuguese internationals Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes, who both play for Manchester United, were also expected to attend the chapel later today to pay their last respects.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MAY 25: (THE SUN OUT. THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Diogo Jota of Liverpool celebrates with the Premier League trophy, as Liverpool are crowned the Champions of the Premier League for the 2024/25 Season, following the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace FC at Anfield on May 25, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Jota was part of Liverpool's trophy-winning side(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
It is not yet clear whether Cristiano Ronaldo will fly to Portugal to attend the funeral. It comes after yesterday's tragedy where the 28-year-old footballer tragically lost his life in a road accident, along with his brother, Andre Silva.
Their Lamborghini veered off the road due to a tyre blowout while overtaking another vehicle and subsequently caught fire.
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Tributes have poured in from around the footballing world. One of them, from Liverpool teammate Andy Robertson, read: "The ones I’m thinking about most right now are the family.
"Their loss is too much to bear. I’m so sorry that they have lost two such precious souls – Diogo and Andre.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - APRIL 10: Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool celebrates with Diogo Jota following the Premier League match between Liverpool and Aston Villa at Anfield on April 10, 2021 in Liverpool, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Tributes for Jota have poured in from around the world(Image: Getty Images)
"For the team and the Club, we’ll try to cope with this together… however long that takes. For me, I want to talk about my mate. My buddy. The bloke I loved and will miss like crazy.
"I could talk about him as a player for hours, but none of that feels like it matters right now. It’s the man. The person. He was such a good guy. The best. So genuine. Just normal and real.
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"Full of love for the people he cared about. Full of fun. He was the most British foreign player I’ve ever met. We used to joke he was really Irish… I’d try to claim him as Scottish, obviously. I even called him Diogo MacJota."
Joao Cancelo, a team-mate of Jota's for Portugal, wrote: "Today, we didn’t just wake up without two football players. Today, three children woke up without their father. Today, a mother and a father woke up without their two sons. Today, a wife (they were recently married) woke up without her husband by her side. Today, we all woke up in shock."