Liverpool players have started to return to the club for pre-season training following the death of team-mate Diogo Jota. The first set of players were scheduled to come back from their summer break on Friday but that was postponed after Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, were killed in a car crash in Spain. Jota was on his way back to Liverpool for pre-season and was making the trip by car and ferry because doctors had advised him against flying after minor surgery.
Liverpool players have started to return to the club for pre-season training following the death of team-mate Diogo Jota.
The first set of players were scheduled to come back from their summer break on Friday but that was postponed after Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, were killed in a car crash in Spain.
Jota was on his way back to Liverpool for pre-season and was making the trip by car and ferry because doctors had advised him against flying after minor surgery.
A large contingent of players and staff from the Anfield club paid their respects to the Jota brothers at a public wake in their native Portugal on Friday.
Their funeral took place on Saturday in their hometown of Gondomar, with Reds captain Virgil van Dijk and defender Andy Robertson carrying flowers in honour of Jota and Andre Silva.
Manager Arne Slot was also part of Liverpool's delegation and his side are due to play their first pre-season match against Preston North End at Deepdale on Sunday, 13 July.
Meanwhile, players Grace Fisk and Gemma Bonner laid flowers on behalf of the Liverpool women's team outside Anfield on Tuesday.
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