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Floral tributes grow at Wolves in memory of Jota

Floral tributes, flags and shirts are placed in a circle at the foot of the Billy Wright statue at the Wolves ground. A yellow fence has been erected around the statue, with shirts and scarves of different colours draped over it. In the background is the outside of the football stadium, with the words 'Billy Wright stand' on the wall. There is also the yellow and black wolf badge of the Wolves logo on the side of the stadium.

Caroline Gall

BBC News, West Midlands

Tributes are continuing to be laid outside Molineux stadium for former Wolves player Diogo Jota.

The 28-year-old, who left the club to join Liverpool in 2020, died alongside his brother Andre Silva in a car accident in the Spanish province of Zamora on Thursday.

Numerous tributes have been paid to the Portuguese forward, with Wolves supporters leaving flowers, shirts and other memorabilia around the Billy Wright statue on Waterloo Road.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have said the popular player will never be forgotten.

Diogo Jota with short brown hair in a yellow and black Wolves football kit making a heart symbol with his hands and smiling.

Jota played more than 100 times for the club from 2017 to 2020, helping them get promoted to the Premier League before his move to Liverpool.

Liverpool players started to return to the club on Tuesday for pre-season training, following the death of their teammate.

A man looks on at the many tributes laid at the ground in a circle by the Billy Wright statue.

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