Overview
- Local police in Gondomar intervened on Saturday to clear mourners posing for selfies and damaging tributes at the fresh graves of Diogo Jota and his brother under heightened security measures.
- Guardia Civil investigators continue to probe the July 3 single-vehicle crash that killed the two brothers, with no conclusion reached on who was at the wheel.
- Liverpool supporters have transformed a once-celebratory chant for Jota into a solemn mourning anthem echoing around Anfield.
- Liverpool FC is expected to retire Jota’s No. 20 shirt in his honor and has agreed to a roughly €14 million compensation package for his widow and their three young children.
- Portugal’s Prime Minister Luís Montenegro attended the private wake in Gondomar on July 4 to pay his respects alongside family members.