Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has died at 28 in a tragic road accident in Spain.
The car crash occurred on the A-52 motorway, at kilometre 65, near the municipality of Palacios de Sanabria in the province of Zamora.
Spanish sports outlet MARCA reported the incident on Thursday, confirming that Jota died at the scene of the accident.
“Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota dies in a traffic accident in the province of Zamora,” the newspaper wrote in a brief statement this morning.
It was also reported that he died with his 26-year-old brother Andre in a tragic car accident, after their vehicle caught fire.
Jota, born in December 1996 joined the premier league after a loan spell with Wolves in 2017, and later got a move to League Winners Liverpool in 2020.
