Liverpool bosses mourn on Diogo Jota Wake with Premier League Stars & Team Mats

Farers from far and wide have come together in the city of Gondomar, in the Capela da Ressreicao, to pay tribute and to show their affection for Liverpool Diogo Jota and his younger brother Andre Silva, after their tragic dead after

Sports director Richard Hughes and Fenway Sports’ CEO of Football Michael Edwards led a Liverpool delegation by paying tribute to Diogo Jota in Portugal on Friday evening.

Former head -stars Thiago Alcantara and Fabinho, as well as the Diogo Dalot of Manchester United and Bernardo Silva from Manchester City – both international teammates from Jota – also lived the Capela da Ressreicao in Gondomar, the home town of the tragic striker.

The football world has been in mourning after the death of Jota and his younger brother, Andre Silva, on Thursday. The couple both lost their lives after a car accident near Zamora, close to the northwestern border of Spain with Portugal.

The tragic incident took place only a few days after Jota’s marriage to his childhood love, Rute Cardoso.

On Friday morning, mourning people gathered during a wake in Portugal, prior to the funeral of the brothers in the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar in Sao Cosme at 10 am on Saturday. Initially held for the family, it was later opened to the public with hundreds in line around the 17th-century church.

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Liverpool is preparing to say goodbye to Jota and his brother at the funeral on Saturday. Liverpool still has to confirm the schemes, but a number of players are expected to be present.

Former Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea manager, Andre Villas-Boas, now the president of Porto, was one of those who visited the church to express the respect of the club. Then he said: “They left a lot of history. Diogo has a history in the senior team and André has many years from the children’s team to the Onder-19s.

“Diogo, especially as an important public figure, was a silent hero. We all appreciated everything he represented, not only on the field, but also of that. He was a partner of FC Porto with his eSports team. Someone who is well remembered, just like his brother.

“Let’s hope the memory of these two athletes, two big men, will live on time.”

Jota Silva van Nottingham Forest, born in Gondomar, and Jota’s former wolves and Portugal teammate Joao Moutinho belonged to those who attended the chapel, together with the president of the Portuguese football federation Pedro ProCa and super agent Jorge Menda, who was off the Vena. A delegation by Paços de Ferreira, the first club of Jota, laid a yellow wreath

The president of the country, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro were both personally present, while members of the Portuguese parliament also paid tribute to the two brothers.

Mohamed Salah, one of the last Liverpool players to share his grief on social media, admitted that he was afraid to return to the club in the aftermath of Jota’s shock. Some players were back on Friday to start with the forerunners of testing for the season, but the first tranche of a phased return was postponed while everyone in the club continues to try to process the tragedy.

“I was really lost for words. Until yesterday I never thought there would be anything that would make me afraid of going back to Liverpool after the break,” Salah wrote on social media. “Teammates come and go, but not so. It will be extremely difficult to accept that Diogo will not be there when we go back.

“My thoughts are with his wife, his children and of course his parents who suddenly lost their children. Those near Diogo and his brother Andre need all the support they can get. They will never be forgotten.”

Diogo Jota’s Wedding Caterer has also paid tribute to the star and told how he saw him at his happiest on the day of the wedding.

Rui Paula, who has two Michelin stars, said: “The last time I saw him was at the wedding. On the last day he had a meal with Rute (his wife) and the children, and then got in the car to go to Liverpool. His wife had to go to the children today, Friday.

“The wedding was all organized, very beautiful, I did the catering, there was a band, he was happy. The wedding was in the Igreja da Lapa, in Porto, and the catering was in Marco de Canaveses. He arrived and asked me to prepare something to eat because he was hungry while the wedding was postponed.

“But when I went to Liverpool for the menu tasting, for the wedding, he was also happy.

“At the wedding he was super happy. At a wedding there is always some worries and fear, but he was very happy, completely happy. They met very young, had three children, lived in Liverpool, and I met them better there.

“What I feel is that they are all modest people; fame did not go to their heads, they are non -Bescheid people, and Diogo was a simple, professional, dedicated, soft, friendly young man – everything you could wish for in a good person. This is a huge tragedy, because I just think his parents have lost two children with three little little ones.

“All Portugal is shocked – I can’t remember seeing people so sad, so sad. His character was that of a good person, even if you didn’t know him, you could look at him and see that he was a good person. Low profile, grounded, did not show his wealth, he was an impeccable young man. May God rest.

“He was a professional on the field, but he was even better outside the field.