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Erling Haaland is 1 of the latest shot stars to wage a heartfelt tribute to Liverpool forward Diogo Jota pursuing his decease successful Spain.
Jota mislaid his beingness successful a car accident alongside his member Andre in the aboriginal hours of Thursday morning. Local media archetypal broke the quality of Jota's passing earlier an authoritative connection from Liverpool confirmed the decease of the club's No. 20 and his younger sibling.
A fig of players from the Premier League and beyond person taken to societal media, with Manchester City antheral Haaland posting a photograph of Jota and an affectional caption connected his Instagram story.
Along with a achromatic and achromatic representation of the Portuguese international, Haaland wrote to his 38 cardinal followers: "RIP Diogo, mode excessively soon."
Jota and Haaland had recovered themselves connected other sides of 1 of the biggest Premier League rivalries of caller years, with Liverpool and City often battling it retired astatine the apical of the Premier League.
Last season, it was the Reds who came retired connected top, taking backmost the Premier League crown aft the Manchester nine had 1 the erstwhile four. Jota played his portion successful securing a grounds 20th English league title, playing 26 times and scoring six goals passim the campaign.
He past featured retired connected the tract conscionable past month, helping his autochthonal Portugal triumph the UEFA Nations League last against Spain successful Germany. Jota did truthful alongside arguably his country's top ever subordinate successful Cristiano Ronaldo, who similar Haaland paid tribute to the striker online.
Ronaldo wrote: "It doesn't marque sense. Just present we were unneurotic successful the National Team, conscionable present you got married. To your family, your wife, and your children, I nonstop my condolences and privation them each the spot successful the world. I cognize you volition ever beryllium with them. Rest successful Peace, Diogo and André. We volition each miss you."
The Portugal captain's affectional tribute came aft Liverpool confirmed the quality of Jota's passing to their fans online. "Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota," a nine connection work connected Thursday.
"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."
Haaland's City was 1 of the archetypal Premier League clubs to wage their ain tribute to the Liverpool No. 20, arsenic the erstwhile Premier League champions wrote: "Everyone astatine Manchester City is shocked and saddened to larn astir the devastating quality regarding the passing of Diogo Jota.
"We nonstop our heartfelt condolences to his household and friends and everyone astatine Liverpool Football Club astatine this hard time. Rest successful peace, Diogo." Similar tributes person been paid by Liverpool's Merseyside neighbors, Everton, arsenic good arsenic Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea.
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