STORY: Liverpool are to permanently retire the number 20 worn by Portuguese international Diogo Jota, after his death in a car crash in Spain last week, the Premier League champions announced on Friday (July 11).

Liverpool said on their website that after consultation with the player's wife Rute and family, the squad number would not be used at any level including the women's team and academy.

Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva, who played for Penafiel in the Portuguese second division, died in the crash in northwestern Spain on July 3.

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SHOWS: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UK (RECENT - JULY 4, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF SHIRTS, FLOWERS ON GROUND IN TRIBUTE TO DIOGO JOTA

2. CLOSE OF JOTA'S SHIRT ON GROUND / WOMAN ARRIVING TO PLACE FLOWERS AT TRIBUTE SITE

3. FANS AT TRIBUTE SITE

4. LIVERPOOL SHIRT ON GROUND WITH MESSAGE WRITTEN ON IT: "Thank you for everything Jota xx. Forever our No. 20. YNWA"

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UK (JULY 9, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

5. VARIOUS OF MEMORIAL WALL SAYING 'FOREVER 20'

6. EXTERIOR OF ANFIELD / MEMORIAL WALL

7. FAN WRITING ON MEMORIAL WALL / ‘FOREVER 20’

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - DECEMBER 9, 2024) (NICHE MEDIA - Access all)

8. JOTA WARMING UP AMONGST TEAMMATES DURING LIVERPOOL TRAINING

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - MARCH 4, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA - Access all)

9. JOTA IN HUDDLE AMONGST LIVERPOOL TEAMMATES