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Manchester United stars Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot are among the many host of footballers attending the funeral of their fallen Portugal teammate, Diogo Jota, this morning.
The soccer world was plunged into grief on Thursday when the information broke that Jota and his brother, FC Penafiel’s Andre Silva, had died in a automobile crash close to Zaragoza, Spain.
The pair had been driving to Santander from Portugal on their approach to catch a ferry to the UK because the Liverpool star had been suggested to not fly following lung surgical procedure.
The funeral takes place this morning at 10am native time, which is similar as UK time, within the brothers’ dwelling city of Gondomar, Porto, near FC Porto’s Estadio do Dragão.
Liverpool teammates previous and current flew to Portugal to pay their respects, together with Virgil Van Dijk Alexis Mac Allister Andy Robertson
Man Metropolis Bernardo Silva, Man United Bruno Fernandes, Darwin Nunez…
A whole bunch of mourners queue to pay their respects to Diogo Jota pic.twitter.com/2UIfxoQHvn
— Lilian Chan (@bestgug) July 5, 2025
Man United captain Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot each attended Diogo Jota’s funeral yesterday ⚰️❤️🕊 pic.twitter.com/5t4dRixczE
— GIDEON MUFC (@GBUnitedx) July 5, 2025
A lot of Jota’s Liverpool teammates and former teammates, together with Alexis Mac Allister, Darwin Nunez, Curtis Jones, Jordan Henderson, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson and Federico Chiesa are additionally attending the sombre occasion.
Fernandes and Dalot are joined by former United supervisor, José Mourinho. Portugal head coach Roberto Martinez and former head coach Fernando Santos are additionally in attendance together with Metropolis stars and Portugal teammates Bernardo Silva and Ruben Dias.
Portugal boss Roberto Martinez is pictured outdoors the church in Gondomar, Porto, for the funeral of Diogo Jota & brother André Silva.
He coached Diogo Jota after taking cost of the nationwide aspect in 2023. Of their final match, they gained the UEFA Nations League collectively. pic.twitter.com/vUOC1w7bqk
— 404 🚫 (@404Missing404) July 5, 2025
The United skipper left a transferring tribute on Instagram yesterday, saying “Buddy, colleague and comrade via many battles.
“It’s obscure how it’s doable that somebody might go away so quickly.
“Might you and your brother discover the peace it’s good to take care of these you misplaced so quickly and immediately.
“My condolences to your entire household.”
Everybody at The Peoples Particular person would additionally like to increase their condolences to his widow Rute, the youngsters, dad and mom Isabel and Joaquim and the entire household on their unfathomable loss.
Featured picture Alex Livesey through Getty Pictures
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