Wolves players and coach remember Diogo Jota

Wolverhampton Wanderers A number of men in football training tops can be seen across the top of the picture, looking solemn.
The bottom half of the picture is partially out of focus, but is centred on football scarves draped over yellow barriers

Coaching staff and players at Wolverhampton Wanderers have paid their respects to former team-mate Diogo Jota.

The 28-year-old, who left the club to join Liverpool in 2020, died alongside his brother Andre Silva in a car accident in the Spanish province of Zamora on 3 July.

Wolves manager Vitor Pereira, accompanied by his team, laid flowers and paused to remember the popular player outside Molineux stadium on Thursday afternoon.

There have been numerous tributes from fans to the Portuguese forward, with flowers, shirts and other memorabilia left around the Billy Wright statue on Waterloo Road.

Wolverhampton Wanderers A man in a white top, black shorts and black and white trainers bends down by bunches of flowers and football scarves. Behind him is a football stadium, with a sign on the side saying the Billy Wright stand

Jota played more than 130 times for Wolves from 2017 to 2020, helping them get promoted to the Premier League, before his move to Liverpool, and scoring 44 goals.

Liverpool are set to commemorate Jota and his brother with a number of tributes at their friendly at Preston North End on Sunday.

Liverpool’s match at Deepdale is their first since Jota’s passing.

At the time of the crash, the brothers had been heading to the Spanish port of Santander so Jota could return to Liverpool for pre-season training.