Diogo Jota has died in a car crash, according to local reports in Spain. The Liverpool star is understood to have been in a car with his younger brother at the time.
The 28-year-old Portuguese forward died in the crash according to the Spanish news agency EFE. Jota signed for Liverpool in September 2020 from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of more than £40million.
The tragic news comes just two weeks after Jota married his long-term girlfriend Rute Cardoso in Porto.
Emergency services in the Castilla and Leon region confirmed the crash with a statement which read: “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.”
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