Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash
Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash in a car crash in northern Spain, it has been confirmed – just a fortnight after the Portugal forward got married.
The Liverpool forward, who has been at Anfield since a £42m move from Wolves in 2020 and who helped Arne Slot’s side win the Premier League title in May, was travelling in a car with his brother, Andre, 26, also a footballer and also feared dead.
The crash occurred on the A-52 in the province of Zamora,with the road in Spain a popular route for drivers travelling travelling to Spain from northern Portugal.
Emergency services in the Castilla and Leon region confirmed the crash, announcing in a statement: ‘The 1-1-2 Castilla y León operations room received several calls reporting a vehicle accident at Km. 65 of the A-52, in the municipality of Cernadilla, Zamora. A car was reported to have been involved in an accident and the vehicle was on fire.
‘1-1-2 notified the Zamora Traffic Police, the Zamora Provincial Council Fire Brigade, and the Sacyl Emergency Coordination Center (CCU) of this accident.
‘From there, a Medical Emergency Unit (UME) and the Primary Care Medical Staff (MAP) from the Mombuey Health Center were sent, who confirmed the death of two people on the scene,
The tragedy comes comes just two weeks after Jota married his long-term girlfriend Rute Cardoso in Porto.
The couple have three children together.
Jota had only released an interview on Wednesday in which he described himself as the luckiest man in the world.
Liverpool are understood to be prepping a statement and he will update this story in due course….
