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The Chelsea players conducted a minute's soundlessness astatine the commencement of their unfastened grooming league contiguous (Thursday) to wage tribute to the precocious Diogo Jota.
The Liverpool guardant sadly passed distant connected Thursday greeting aft being progressive successful a car mishap successful the Spanish state of Zamora. Jota's brother, Andre Silva, was besides successful the car and has tragically passed distant arsenic well. To wage tribute to Jota, each of the Chelsea players and unit gathered unneurotic successful the centre ellipse of their grooming basal successful Miami and conducted a minute's silence.
After the quality was confirmed earlier successful the morning, Chelsea released a connection connected their societal media channels. It read: "Everyone astatine Chelsea FC is devastated to larn of the tragic passing of Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre. Our thoughts spell retired to their family, friends and each astatine Liverpool FC astatine this incredibly hard time."
It followed an earlier connection from Liverpool, reading: "Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota. 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."
Chelsea winger Pedro Neto, who played alongside Jota during their days unneurotic astatine Wolves arsenic good arsenic besides being planetary teammates astatine Portugal, has paid tribute to his person connected societal media. Taking to Instagram, Neto posted a photograph with the 2 unneurotic alongside a emotion bosom and shining prima emoji.
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