Other heartbreaking details have emerged surrounding the death of Liverpool Diogo Jota striker, who died at the age of 28 after a fatal car accident in Spain.
According to Dan Roan de la BBC, the international of Portugal had recently undergone minor pulmonary surgery and was advised by doctors not to travel by plane.
Consequently, Jota had planned to return to Merseyside for a ferry pre-season training, with the Liverpool team which should arise on Monday.
His last trip involved driving from Porto to the northern port of Santander, where he was to board the boat in the United Kingdom.
CNN Portugal shared a similar sequence of events, this pulmonary issue resulting from a confrontation with Tosin Adarabioyo de Chelsea in October 2024 (via BBC Sport).
BBC Detail of Jota’s travel road to Santander
The accident would have occurred near Zamora, not far from the Portuguese border and about 190 miles of Porto and Santander.
Tragically, the BBC Sport reports that the former Wolves Forward had previously finished exactly the same training in the opposite order to attend her recent marriage in Portugal.
The n ° 20 made 182 appearances for Liverpool after joining the Wolves in 2020, scoring 65 goals in all competitions and playing a crucial role in the winning campaign of the title under Arne Slot.
Tributary tributes for Diogo Jota
This new information offers a more painful context to a loss that will be deeply felt in the world of football, especially in Kirkby, where the team had prepared to meet for the new season.
Jurgen Klopp was among those who send their tributes to the attacker, “Diogo was not only a fantastic player, but also a big friend, a loving and attentive husband and father”, “ wrote German.
The teammates Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai also gave an overview of the atmosphere inside the camp and it is heartbreaking to see the pain that was caused by this premature passage.
The football toll is far from what Jota’s family must feel, because they face life without two brothers who will never be forgotten.
