Liverpool prepare for emotional farewell at Diogo Jota funeral

Jota’s team-mates are expected to be in attendance as he and his brother Andre Silva are laid to rest on Saturday.

The funeral of Diogo Jota will take place in Portugal on Saturday. Pic: Peter Byrne/PA

Liverpool are preparing to bid an emotional farewell to Diogo Jota at the forward’s funeral in Portugal on Saturday.

The club, as well as fans and football as a whole, are in mourning after the 28-year-old Portugal international and his brother Andre Silva were killed in a car crash in Spain in the early hours of Thursday.