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Liverpool to Honor Diogo Jota Before July 13 Friendly with Preston North End

CEO Billy Hogan says Liverpool will consult Jota’s family to establish formal tributes beyond the upcoming match.

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Overview

  • Hogan confirmed that a remembrance ceremony will take place before Liverpool’s July 13 friendly against Preston North End at Deepdale.
  • The CEO said the club will develop medium-term and long-term memorials in consultation with Jota’s family.
  • Players and executives including Cody Gakpo and Michael Edwards have laid floral tributes and messages outside Anfield’s Main Stand.
  • Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva died on July 3 in Spain when their car veered off the road following a suspected tyre blowout.
  • After the brothers’ funeral in Gondomar, Liverpool resumed pre-season training at the AXA Training Centre on July 8.