Liverpool players join family of Diogo Jota and his brother for funeral held in Portugal
Club captain Virgil Van Dijk and manager Arne Slot were among the Reds teammates, past and present, who attended the service in Gondomar
Carrying a red floral wreath bearing his shirt number, Diogo Jota’s Liverpool teammates joined relatives and residents in a small Portuguese town on Saturday for the funeral of the football star, who died with his brother in a car crash on Thursday.
Club captain Virgil Van Dijk, goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher and manager Arne Slot were among Liverpool teammates past and present who attended the service in Gondomar for the striker and his brother, André Silva.
The English Premier League stars carried two floral tributes in the club’s red colour into the chapel, each in the shape of a shirt.
The one carried by Van Dijk had the number 20 – which Jota wore on his Liverpool shirt – written in white flowers.
The other, carried by teammate Andrew Robertson, bore the number 30, which was worn by Jota’s brother, who played for FC Peñafiel in Portugal’s second division.
Dressed in black and with their heads bowed, the teammates entered the church in silence. The only sound was the applause from the crowd outside.