Premier League clubs to pay tribute to Jota and brother

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Liverpool fans holding up a banner successful tribute to Diogo Jota during their Community Shield lucifer against Crystal Palace.Image source, Getty Images

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Liverpool fans paid tribute to Diogo Jota during nan Community Shield gathering pinch Crystal Palace connected Sunday

A infinitesimal of soundlessness successful representation of Diogo Jota and his relative Andre Silva will beryllium held astatine each Premier League matches this weekend.

Players will besides deterioration achromatic armbands, while messages and images will beryllium shown connected nan large screens successful stadiums.

Former Liverpool and Wolves guardant Jota died astatine nan property of 28 successful a car crash successful bluish Spain past period alongside his brother, who was 25.

Tributes were paid to them earlier Liverpool's first lucifer of nan season, against Crystal Palace successful nan Community Shield connected Sunday.

The Reds' grounds goalscorer Ian Rush, Palace president Steve Parish and Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt laid wreaths astatine nan Liverpool extremity of Wembley earlier nan crippled arsenic fans sang a rousing rendition of 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.

A minute's soundlessness was trim short erstwhile supporters booed shouts coming from wherever nan Palace fans were located. Reds leader Arne Slot said aft nan crippled that he believed nan interruption to beryllium accidental.

Liverpool and Wolves some person tributes planned for their Premier League openers against Bournemouth and Manchester City respectively this weekend.