Mohamed Salah has posted a tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva. On X he wrote: I am truly lost for words. Until yesterday, I never thought there would be something that would frighten me of going back to Liverpool after the break.

The soccer world is in mourning following the death of Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota in a car crash in Spain early on Thursday morning. He was 28.

“The No 20 will be rightly immortalised for his contributions as part of Liverpool’s 2024-25 title-winners – the club’s 20th – with his trademark shimmy and strike in front of the Kop to seal victory in April’s Merseyside derby a poignant last goal of his life,” it added.