Funeral preparations begin for Diogo Jota as tributes to Liverpool star continue

Flowers could be seen being carried into a chapel in Porto ahead of the 28-year-old’s funeral which will begin at 10am on Saturday

Tributes continue to flood in for Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA

Preparations have begun for the wake and funeral of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota as tributes continue to flood in for the Portuguese international following his death in a car crash in Spain.

The father of three, who married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso 11 days before the incident, was killed alongside his brother Andre Silva after a Lamborghini they were travelling in burst into flames following a suspected tyre blowout in the early hours of Thursday morning.