Liverpool postpone pre-season return following Jota death

Liverpool person postponed the instrumentality of immoderate players for pre-season grooming connected Friday pursuing the decease of Reds guardant Diogo Jota.

Those scheduled to travel backmost from their summertime interruption connected Friday for an archetypal circular of carnal tests astatine the club's grooming crushed volition present bash truthful connected Monday arsenic portion of a phased return.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot's broadside person their archetypal pre-season lucifer against Preston North End connected Sunday 13 July.

Jota, aged 28, tragically died successful a car crash on with his member Andre Silva, who was 25.

The Guardia Civil told BBC Sport some men died astatine astir 00:30 section clip connected Thursday.

Jota was connected his mode backmost to Liverpool for pre-season and, arsenic doctors had advised him against flying due to the fact that helium had undergone insignificant surgery, helium was making the travel by car and ferry.

He joined his semipermanent spouse Rute Cardoso, with who helium had 3 children, conscionable 11 days earlier the fatal crash.