Mourners are gathering in Diogo Jota's home town in Portugal to honour the Liverpool footballer. The 28-year-old father of three died in a car crash in Spain on Thursday, alongside his brother Andre Silva, after a Lamborghini they were travelling in veered off the road and burst into flames following a suspected tyre blowout.

The bodies of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva arrived in northern Portugal on Friday for a wake in their hometown, as tributes continued to pour in after they died in a car accident in Spain.

Portugal is beset by grief following the tragic deaths of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva in a car accident on Thursday. The brothers’ bodies arrived in Gondomar late