Mourners continue to flood to Anfield to pay their respects to Diogo Jota. The Liverpool forward tragically passed away on Thursday following a car crash in northern Spain that also claimed the life of his brother,

Born in Porto and raised in Gondomar, Jota was not just a footballer from the area, he was one of them. His path to the top, which started on a degraded astroturf pitch behind the main stand at SC Gondomar, is etched into the memory of a community that never stopped claiming him as their own.

Diogo Jota’s wife and family have been joined by Liverpool players for the funeral of the footballer and his brother in Portugal, following their death in a car crash in Spain. A sea of floral tributes had been left outside Anfield,