Overview

• Liverpool have formally retired the No. 20 shirt across the first team, women’s and academy ranks in honor of Diogo Jota following consultation with his wife and family.
• Ahead of their preseason friendly at Preston’s Deepdale, players from both sides wore black armbands as the crowd observed a minute’s silence and sang ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.
• Wreathes were laid and digital tributes displayed on stadium screens to commemorate Jota and his brother André Silva before kick-off.
• Manager Arne Slot described retiring Jota’s shirt as the only fitting tribute and pledged that the player’s spirit would remain with the team.
• Spanish police and the Guardia Civil are continuing forensic analyses into a suspected tyre blowout and speed factors in the July 3 crash near Zamora.