The bodies of the footballer of Liverpool Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva arrived north of Portugal on Friday for a wake in their hometown, while the taxes continued to arrive after they died in a car accident in Spain.
A listener convoy went to Gondomar near Porto on Thursday night from the morgue of Puebla de Sanabria, near where the Lamborghini brothers traveled had diverted from the road and burst into flames after midnight on Thursday. Police said he suspected that a tire had exploded.
Jota’s wife, Cardoso Rute, who had married the player only weeks before, was seen leaving the morgue and joined the convoy, as well as agent Jorge Mendes de Jota.
A wake is expected to take place in a chapel in Gondomar from 4 PM (8 PM PKT) and a funeral on Saturday in a church close to 10 am local time, said the office of the mayor of Gondomar.
Portugal Prime Minister Luis Montenegro arrived in the village on Friday morning.
The death of Jota at the age of 28 has shaken the world of football, with messages of tribute to former teammates, clubs, national and fans leaders.
Outside fans of the Anfield stadium in Liverpool left flowers, scarves and handwritten notes, many children.
Soccer clubs, such as Paris St Germain, which have several Portuguese internationals in their team, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Real Madrid observed a moment of silence during training for their games in the Club World Cup that takes place in the United States.
Chelsea’s manager, Enzo Maresca, said on Thursday that striker Pedro Neto was weighing whether to play in Friday’s quarterfinals against Palmeiras, since the Portuguese international cries the tragic death of his close friend.
Jota’s manager in Liverpool, Arne Slot, said in a statement on Thursday that his thoughts were with his family.
“My message for them is very clear that you will never walk alone,” said Slot.
“For us as a club, Shock’s feeling is absolute. Diogo was not just our player. He was a loved one for all of us. He was a teammate, a colleague, a co -worker and in all those roles it was very special,” he added.
Jota was returning to Liverpool by car after they told him that he should avoid plane trip up to 6 weeks after pulmonary surgery to address a fractured rib, said his physiotherapist Miguel Goncalves to the station Now afternoon on Thursday.
Goncalves said that Jota was recovering well from pneumothorax surgery and that he had planned to take a ferry to the United Kingdom from Spain.
