Jota’s agent Mendes in tears as he accompanies footballer’s family to funeral

The agent Jorge Mendes of Diogo Jota broke out in tears after he accompanied the family of the football player to a funeral center after his tragic death at the age of 28.

Liverpool -attacker Jota and his brother Andre Silva were killed at a fiery crash in Spain in the early hours of Thursday, after his Lamborghini Huracan got off the road, rolled and burst into flames and shot fire in the nearby vegetation.

The supercar's band is said to have been blown out while he caught up with another vehicle only ten miles across the border of Jota's homeland Portugal. The emergency services hurried to the stage, but unfortunately the brothers and sisters could not be saved.

The bodies were transported in two hearing cases to a church in Portugal prior to today's Wake, and the funeral will take place on Saturday morning. Brukbaar mourning people gathered in the city of Gondomar last night around 11 p.m. to greet the coffins.

Applause broke out when the hearing on the collected crowd passed.

The vehicles had arrived earlier in a funeral center in the Spanish city of Puebla de Sanabria, where the bodies were taken after the incident.

Visibly emotional super agent Mendes was depicted while he arrived as he accompanied Jota's mother, who had traveled to Spain to be with the family.

“We have lost two great people. Diogo is an example as a person, husband, son, professional. I still can't believe it, it's very difficult, “Mendes said in tears.

Mendes also said to athletics: 'I still don't believe it, this is very difficult, very difficult for me. He was a great husband, a great husband and a great professional. '

The hearing later left for Gondomar and arrived just before midnight.

This morning's wake takes place just a half-hour drive from Jota's hometown Porto, North Portugal-where two weeks ago the 28-year-old his youth lifters Rute Cardoso married in a service full of family and friends.

Jota and his brother Andre, 26, were reportedly on a road trip to Santander to catch a ferry to Great Britain after he was advised not to fly after pulmonary operation.

Liverpool will start training for the season on Monday, so Jota went back to the UK during a road trip. A Brittany Ferries service from Santander for Plymouth left on Thursday at 4 p.m. and arrived in Devon on Friday at 11.15 am.

The football club said in a statement that they were 'destroyed' by the tragedy and that the family of Diogo, friends and fans had suffered an 'unimaginable loss'. Flowers and tribute have been laid outside of Anfield by supporters in tears.

Jota was just married to the mother of his three children and partner since the age of 16. He had described himself as the happiest man in the world to be her husband, and shares images of their wedding day in his last Instagram post on Wednesday.

RUTE shared more wedding daily photos in a post on social media and said, “My dream came true.” Jota then answered in the comments: “I am the lucky one.”

The couple came together in 2013, it was reported and has three children – two sons and a daughter born in November.

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