Diogo Jota’s wife and family joined by Liverpool players for funeral

Arne Slot, captain Virgil van Dijk, players Andrew Robertson, Alexis Mac Allister and former team mates Jordan Henderson and James Milner could be seen in Portugal on Friday

Diogo Jota's wife Rute Cardoso after the funeral of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva being held at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar in the town of Gondomar near Porto. Picture: PA Wire.

Diogo Jota’s wife and family have been joined by Liverpool players for the funeral of the footballer and his brother in Portugal, following their death in a car crash in Spain.

The father-of-three, who married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso 11 days before the accident, died 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.