Diogo Jota funeral details emerge after tragic death of Liverpool star in car crash – LIVE

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Fans have also gathered in Liverpool to pay respects (Picture: Getty)

A wake to honour Diogo Jota will take place on Friday morning after the shocking death of the Liverpool star in Spain.

Jota, 28, and his brother Andre, were killed in a car crash when the Lamborghini they were travelling in suffered a suspected tyre blowout before veering off the road and bursting into flames.

The Portugal international was travelling back to the UK, on his way to nearby Santander to catch a ferry having been advised by doctors not to fly after recent lung surgery.

Jota married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso, the mother of his three children, just 11 days ago.

Jose Manuel Macedo, a local parish priest at the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar in Sao Cosme, Portugal, told the PA news agency in a translated message that a wake for the brothers will take place at 8am at the nearby Capela da Ressurreicao before their funeral at the Igreja Matriz on Saturday at 10am.

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Liverpool have also opened physical and digital books of condolence in the wake of the deaths. Supporters can go to the Anfield Road Stand reception area over the coming days to sign a message.

Metro’s LIVE blog will bring you further updates throughout the day.

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