This is a news that has torn the football planet. This Thursday morning, the Spanish press announced the tragic death of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, in a road accident. The Portuguese striker of Liverpool, just married, was to take the ferry to join England and the English club. He had just undergone a pulmonary operation and on medical advice, he had been not recommended to take the plane. A tragic death that has reacted to the entire football world.
Since Thursday morning, tributes are raining for those who have just won the League of Nations with Portugal. The Reds supporters went to Anfield to deposit flowers while the English club has published several videos on its social networks to pay tribute to him and his brother. On the PSG side, this news has also done a lot of trouble. This Friday, 'The team et The Parisian reveal behind the scenes of this announcement. Currently in the United States for the Club World Cup, the players have learned the news upon wakes up from their loved ones. For some of them, it was even Jorge Mendes, agent of Diogo Jota, who made the message across.
Very affected Portuguese players
This news logically upset the players and in particular the four Portuguese players in the workforce: Nuno Mendes, Gonçalo Ramos, João Neves and Vitinha. In the morning, they seemed completely shocked by this announcement when they had just won with him the League of Nations a few days earlier. Vitinha seemed very impacted by the news since he also knew his brother very well, André Silva, also died in the accident, and trained in FC Porto. The two men spent their training together in Porto and evolved in the same team.
This Thursday training took place in a fairly heavy atmosphere with Parisians who had a little head elsewhere. The Parisian Even explains that Luis Campos, sports director of the club, was also very touched by this announcement just like Lucas Hernandez who rubbed shoulders with Diogo Jota some time at Atlético de Madrid. A few days before the match against Bayern Munich at the Club World Cup, PSG had a hectic day and we can understand. Priority was elsewhere.
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