Takehiro Tomiyasu posts three-word tribute to Diogo Jota amid Arsenal contract announcement

Takehiro Tomiyasu has paid tribute to Diogo Jota aft the Liverpool prima was tragically killed successful a car clang successful Spain.

Jota, 28, died on with his younger member Andre Silva successful an mishap successful Zamora connected Thursday morning. Local constabulary reported that the car the brace were travelling successful connected the A52, known arsenic Palacios de Sanabria, near the roadworthy arsenic a effect of a blown-out tyre. Jota and Silva, himself a subordinate for Portuguese broadside Penafiel, were making their mode towards a ferry that was bound for the UK up of a instrumentality to pre-season training.

Liverpool said they are “devastated” astatine the “unimaginable loss” of the Portugal international, with each 4 corners of the footballing satellite paying tribute to the erstwhile Wolves man. The dad-of-three joined his semipermanent woman lone past period and was portion of the Portugal broadside who won the Nations League against Spain connected June 8.

"For america arsenic a club, the consciousness of daze is absolute," Arne Slot said successful an affectional statement. "Diogo was not conscionable our player. He was a loved 1 to each of us. He was a team-mate, a colleague, a workmate and successful each of those roles helium was precise special.

“We request everyone astatine the nine to basal unneurotic and to beryllium determination for 1 another. We beryllium this to Diogo, to Andre Silva, to their wider household and to ourselves.”

A fig of Arsenal players person already paid tribute to Jota connected societal media, with Declan Rice, Mikel Merino and Bukayo Saka conscionable immoderate of the Gunners stars to nonstop messages of condolences to his devastated friends and family. Tomiyasu besides took to Instagram connected Thursday nighttime to wage his ain respects.

"Rest successful peace," the Japanese defender wrote, alongside a representation of the Liverpool frontman. Saka wrote earlier successful the day: "RIP Diogo & Andre. Such bittersweet news. My prayers spell retired to their families and loved ones."

Tomiyasu's touching tribute comes aft it emerged that the 26-year-old has agreed to permission the nine aft mutually agreeing to terminate his contract. The BBC reports that Arsenal and Tomiyasu person reached a contractual colony to extremity his declaration early, with his existent woody acceptable to expire astatine the extremity of adjacent season.

The right-back is presently recovering from genu country and made conscionable 1 quality for the northbound Londoners past word - a six-minute substitute quality against Southampton successful October. It brings an extremity to his four-year spell with the Gunners, with Tomiyasu joining from Bologna successful 2021 for £19.8million.

Andrea Berta and Mikel Arteta are already looking for antiaircraft reinforcements this summer, with Valencia centre-back Cristhian Mosquera and Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi among their targets. Kieran Tierney has already near the club, with the Scottish planetary joining Celtic connected a free.

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