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Horrible information reaching us right this moment that Liverpool’s 28 12 months outdated Portugese ahead, Diogo Jota, has been killed in a automobile accident within the Zamora province of Spain.
The participant and his 26 12 months outdated brother Andre, additionally an expert footballer, had been in a Lamborghini which suffered a tyre blow out and the automobile set on fireplace. Spain’s Guardia civil have confirmed the deaths of each gamers to the BBC.
Diogo has three younger kids and married his long run companion, Rute Cardoso, lower than a fortnight in the past on the twenty second June.
The total assertion from Spanish police reads:
“The data we now have up to now is that the automobile, which was a Lamborghini, was in a highway visitors accident and left the highway attributable to a tyre blowout whereas overtaking.
“It was within the early hours, 00:30 BST, within the municipality of Cernadilla within the province of Zamora.
“The automobile caught on fireplace and the 2 occupants had been killed.”
Jota was travelling together with his brother from Portugal to Santander in Spain, the place he finally aimed to catch a ferry to England to affix pre-season coaching with Liverpool final week. He had been suggested by his physician to not journey by airplane attributable to some current minor lung surgical procedure.
Liverpool FC have expressed their shock, saying it’s a “tragedy that transcends” the membership. Arne Slot and Jurgen Klopp have each expressed their shock and disappointment alongside his worldwide team-mates and golf equipment world wide.
Relaxation in Peace, Diogo and Andre. Our ideas with all his household and buddies at this horrible time.
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