Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro and Diogo Jota's longtime agent were seen arriving for a wake for the Liverpool footballer and his brother Andre Silva in their hometown of Gondomar on Friday (July 4), after they died in a car accident in Spain.

A convoy of hearses left for Gondomar near Porto on Thursday evening (July 3) from the morgue of Puebla de Sanabria in Spain, near where the Lamborghini the brothers were travelling in had veered off the road and burst into flames after midnight early on Thursday. Police said they suspected a tyre had burst.

Jota's wife Rute Cardoso, who had married the footballer just weeks earlier, was seen leaving the morgue and joining the convoy.

A wake is expected to take place at a chapel in Gondomar from 4:00 p.m. (1500 GMT) and a funeral on Saturday (July 5) at a church nearby at 10:00 a.m. local time, Gondomar's mayor's office said.

The death of Jota at the age of 28 has jolted the world of football, with messages of homage pouring in from former teammates, clubs, national leaders and fans. Outside Liverpool's Anfield stadium fans left flowers, scarves and hand-written notes, many from children.

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GONDOMAR, PORTUGAL (JULY 4, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF CAR, PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY ANOTHER PARKED CAR, WOMAN WALKING TOWARDS THE RESURRECTION CHAPEL FOLLOWED BY DIOGO JOTA’S AGENT JORGE MENDES

2. CAR CARRYING PORTUGAL'S PRIME MINISTER, LUIS MONTENEGRO, PARKING

3. MONTENEGRO GETTING OUT OF CAR, WALKING TOWARDS CHAPEL

4. MOURNERS HUGGING

5. POLICE STANDING UNDER SHADE

6. WOMAN WALKING UNDER POLICE TAPE

7. MOURNERS HUGGING

8. VARIOUS OF MOURNERS HUGGING, POLICE WALKING TOWARDS THEM AND SPEAKING TO THEM

9. MOURNERS EMBRACED, WALKING TOWARDS WALL