Daniel Austin
BBC Sport at Anfield

Everton legend Ian Snodin laid a wreath in memory of Diogo Jota on behalf of the club, which offers condolences and says that the "city is united in grief".

Meanwhile, current Everton forward Beto and Yousseff Chermiti wrote heartfelt personal messages to their compatriot.

We're also beginning to see more images of Diogo Jota's parents, Isabel and Joaquim Silva, at the Chapel of the Resurrection in Gondomar, their hometown in Portugal.

The family has been holding a private gathering, and a public wake is expected to take place later.

In the photograph below, Isabel and Joaquim are comforted by Jota's agent Jorge Mendes.

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Daniel Austin
BBC Sport at Anfield

Everton players Beto and Youssef Chermiti, alongside club legend Ian Snodin, have just arrived at Anfield to lay wreaths in memory of Diogo Jota.

Beto and Chermiti are both Portuguese.

Their tributes have been placed in close proximity to an Everton scarf bearing the name of Dixie Dean, as well as Rangers and Celtic items.

Here's a clip of Jordan Henderson, the ex-Liverpool captain, laying flowers for his friend and former team-mate outside Anfield.

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The football world is not the only one paying tribute to Diogo Jota and André Silva today.

Portuguese tennis player Francisco Cabral, who was on Wimbledon's Court 5 earlier for the men's doubles alongside Austria's Lucas Miedler, is wearing a black ribbon to mark the passing of his countrymen.

Cabral was seen with the ribbon on his shirt sleeve during his second-round match, after the All England Club relaxed its strict all-white dress code to allow tributes to the Liverpool forward.

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Tributes are also being made to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva outside of Molineux, Wolverhampton Wanderers' stadium.

Jota played for Wolves between 2017 and 2020 and helped the club win promotion from the Championship and qualify for Europe.

He left Wolves for Liverpool in a £45m-deal in September, 2020.

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James Waterhouse
Reporting from Gondomar, Portugal

In the most solemn and unexpected of homecomings, the bodies of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva were brought back to Porto last night. Their hearses were greeted with applause.

A private wake for the brothers' relatives is still taking place as the world’s media wait outside. Later it will open to the public, we're told.

Jota had returned to Portugal to marry his long term partner Rute Cardoso, who yesterday had to make the impossible trip to a Spanish morgue.

Candles still flickered at his childhood football club this morning. The academy is even named after him. Tributes came in the forms of shirts, scarves, and old photos where he posed with players.

Those who knew Diogo Jota say he was a player who stayed true to his roots. In Porto, where the grief seems most concentrated, he's seen as someone who earned his ascent to the top of football.

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We're continuing our coverage of the death of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his younger brother, André Silva.

If you're only just joining us, here's a quick recap of what's been going on:

• Jota, 28, and Silva, 25, died after the car they were travelling in back to the UK left the road in the Spanish province of Zamora in the early hours of Thursday
• The incident is believed to have been the result of a tyre blowout as the car overtook another vehicle
• Jota, who married his long-time partner Rute Cardosa 11 days before the crash, had been advised to avoid flying after recently undergoing surgery
• Tributes have been pouring in from the football world and fans, with Jota described as "the essence of what a Liverpool player should be" by the Reds' head coach Arne Slot
• At Anfield, former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson and former goalkeeper Chris Kirkland have joined fans and laid their own floral tributes to Jota outside the stadium. A message from the family of attacking midfielder Harvey Elliot has also been spotted at the memorial
• The brothers' bodies were taken back to their hometown of Gondomar, on the outskirts of Porto, after they were formally identified. A wake is expected to take place there shortly
• Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro is in Gondomar to offer his condolences to the family of Jota and Silva. Also in attendance is Jota's agent, Jorge Mendes
• The funeral service for Jota will be held at the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar in Sao Cosme in Gondomar at 10:00 tomorrow

Away from Anfield, we can bring you some photos from Diogo Jota and André Silva's hometown of Gondomar, on the outskirts of Porto, Portugal.

Family members and officials, including the brothers' father, have been pictured at a chapel where a wake is due to be held this afternoon.

The photos, including one of Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, are outside the Sao Cosme Chapel.

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Portugal forward Jessica Silva said that she played in the team's opening game at Euro 2025 against Spain on Thursday with a "heavy" heart, following the death of men's national team player Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva.

Head coach Francisco Neto revealed that Jota had been a devoted supporter of the women's side, while Jessica Silva said that he was "always ready to give a word for the team".

"I knew Diogo," said Silva. "He was a really kind person - [he was] much more than a player, much more than a star. He was a guy who was always paying attention."

Fans and players at the stadium in Bern, Switzerland, joined in a heartfelt rendition of Portugal's national anthem and an impeccably observed minute's silence before kick-off.

Portugal went on to suffer a 5-0 defeat to the world champions, and Silva said that it was "a really tough day to play football".

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BBC Radio Merseyside reporter Marc Gaier has been at Anfield both yesterday and today as thousands of fans flocked to pay their respects to Diogo Jota.

Marc says: "I've been here since just after 07:30 BST and people were coming then to lay flowers and the tributes keep coming in - mementos, souvenirs this shrine is ever growing.

"I posted a picture yesterday just after 10:00 and there were just two wreaths to the side of the Hillsborough Memorial."

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"The club quickly decided they needed to create a bigger space so within, we're talking now 25 hours, it's grown unbelievably so.

"We've just had a very nice floral arrangement which has been placed there from the family of Harvey Elliott.

"I am behind the Anfield Road end where the book of condolence queue is, there's about a couple of hundred people in it now but it's moving quite quickly because they've opened three books because there are so many people who wish to pay their respects.

"It's been quite quite busy, quite brisk there and I'm sure more people will come through the day."

Former Liverpool Captain Jordan Henderson is one of many leaving tributes and paying their respects outside Anfield Stadium.

Aerial footage captures the scale of tributes to Jota below:

Jordan Henderson was moved to tears as he laid flowers for his friend and former Liverpool team-mate Diogo Jota at Anfield.

The personal note on his floral tribute read: "Rest in peace my friend, along with your brother Andre. We will all miss you."

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Jordan Henderson was Liverpool captain when Diogo Jota joined the club.

On Thursday, Henderson - who left Liverpool in 2023 and now plays for Dutch side Ajax - posted on Instagram: "Jota it was a pleasure to share a pitch with you but more importantly a friendship. All the laughs we had off the pitch and trying to find ways to wind up Milly [Liverpool midfielder James Milner], which we never could.

"Taking pictures of me asleep on the bus travelling and then sending them to me later.

"You always wanted to have a laugh and were a pleasure to be around.

"Thank you for everything you brought into this world, we will all miss you."

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Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah has just posted on social media, saying it will be "extremely difficult to accept" the death of team-mate Diogo Jota in a heartfelt tribute.

"I am truly lost for words," the Egypt forward posted on X, external.

"Until yesterday, I never thought there would be something that would frighten me of going back to Liverpool after the break.

"Team-mates come and go but not like this.

"It’s going to be extremely difficult to accept that Diogo won’t be there when we go back."

And he added: "My thoughts are with his wife, his children, and of course his parents who suddenly lost their children. Those close to Diogo and his brother André need all the support they can get. They will never be forgotten."

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Daniel Austin
BBC Sport at Anfield

Former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has just arrived at the Main Stand to see the tributes fans have left for his ex-team mate Diogo Jota.

The England international read messages left on cards as those gathered here looked on in silence.

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We can now bring you images of former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson who is outside of Anfield paying his respects to Diogo Jota and André Silva.

Henderson and Jota played together at Liverpool between September 2020 and June 2023.

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In his tribute to Diogo Jota yesterday, Liverpool manager Arne Slot said fans would continue to sing "Jota's song".

Over the past season Liverpool fans have often sung this chant, to the tune of Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival, about Diogo Jota:

"Oh, he wears the No 20 / He will take us to victory / And when he’s running down the left wing / He’ll cut inside and score for LFC / He’s a lad from Portugal / Better than Figo don’t you know / Oh, his name is Diogo!"

Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool

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One mark of how popular Diogo Jota became with Liverpool fans was how regularly a chant about him rang out in the stands - even when he wasn't on the pitch.

Former Liverpool councillor Peter Millea, a home and away regular, said Jota's down-to-earth, relatable personality resonated with fellow fans as well as his talent.

He told the BBC's Marc Gaier: "There was something about him as a player when he first came to us that he became an instant hit.

"He was one of those players you can easily take to, because of the manner in which he conducted himself on and off the pitch and the important goals he scored."

Mr Millea said some fans at Anfield had broken into impromptu renditions of the chant while paying their respects.

"I'm sure we'll hear it loud and clear at Wembley for the Community Shield and we'll hear it at Preston for the first pre-season away game, you know it'll be sung around the field against Athletic Bilbao and then during the course of the rest of the season and probably forever-more," he said.

Former Liverpool and England forward, Emile Heskey, has been telling the BBC News Channel that he believes many people "will be mourning right now" over the death of Jota, whom he describes as a "friend to a lot of people".

"It’s just a difficult time, not only for the club [Liverpool], but for the whole footballing fraternity that we’ve lost two of our players," says Heskey, also referring to Jota’s brother André Silva, who also died in Thursday’s crash.

Speaking about Jota’s football style, he adds that his "energy" and “intelligence" were key, and that a lot of players were remembering how he "played with a smile on his face".