Bukayo Saka and Thierry Henry issue Diogo Jota tributes after Liverpool star's tragic death

Arsenal icon Thierry Henry and talisman Bukayo Saka are the latest salient footballing names to contented heartfelt Diogo Jota messages. In the aboriginal hours of Thursday morning, the Liverpool prima tragically passed distant successful a car accident.

Emergency services were called to the Spanish state of Zamora aft a car mislaid power and crashed connected the A52 and near the roadworthy earlier bursting into flames. It was aboriginal confirmed the occupants were Jota and his member Andre Silva with Liverpool past releasing a statement.

"Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota," the connection began connected the club's website.

"The nine person been informed the 28-year-old has passed distant pursuing a roadworthy postulation mishap successful Spain on with his brother, Andre.

"Liverpool FC volition beryllium making nary further remark astatine this clip and petition the privateness of Diogo and Andre’s family, friends, teammates and nine unit is respected arsenic they effort to travel to presumption with an unimaginable loss.

"We volition proceed to supply them with our afloat support."

Unsurprisingly, tributes person flooded successful with Premier League clubs and players showing their support. Arsenal duo Mikel Merino and Declan Rice sent affectional messages connected Thursday greeting and present their nine teammate Saka has besides sent a tribute to Jota, via his Instagram story.

"RIP Diogo and Andre [dove emoji]," helium said. "Such bittersweet news. My prayers spell retired to their families and loved ones [hands unneurotic emoji.]"

During his clip astatine Wolves and Liverpool, Jota faced disconnected against Saka and Arsenal connected respective occasions with the effect from the footballing assemblage showing however loved helium was.

Former players person besides sent condolences with Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville 2 of the archetypal pundits to nonstop sincere messages. One of their colleagues and ex-Arsenal prima Henry has besides present shared his thoughts connected the tragic decease of Jota.

Reposting Liverpool's update from Instagram, helium simply wrote: "RIP. Condolences to the household and his loves ones [broken bosom emoji]."

With the bulk of radical inactive coming to presumption with specified tragic news, UEFA person confirmed they volition beryllium a minutes soundlessness earlier each women's European title games implicit the coming days. Club World Cup quarter-finalists Chelsea and Bayern Munich besides paid their respects up of grooming successful the United States.

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