MADRID (AFP) - Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother have died in a car crash in northwestern Spain early, when their Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into flames.
Evidence at the crash site suggested Jota’s car suffered a burst tyre while overtaking, police said. The vehicle then flipped over and ended up in the central reservation. The crash occurred around 00:30 am (2230 GMT) in the province of Zamora.
Tributes to the 28-year-old poured in from national leaders, football presidents, his teammates and clubs, while in Liverpool, devastated fans wept and laid flowers outside Anfield stadium for a man who weeks earlier had celebrated winning the Premier League with the team.
Jota, 28, had just married his partner of 10 years in late June, with whom he had three children. “My dream came true,” his wife Rute Cardoso wrote on Instagram of their wedding.