Salah ‘frightened’ to return to Liverpool after Jota death

Mohamed Salah said the death of Liverpool teammate Diogo Jota in a vehicle smash had left him “scared” to return to the membership as the Premier League champions postponed the return of some avid gamers for pre-season practising.

The Portugal ahead and his youthful brother Andre Silva, died within the early hours of Thursday after their vehicle veered off a motorway in Spain and burst into flames.

Mourners gathered at a wake in Portugal on Friday sooner than the brothers’ funeral on Saturday.

Jota’s Liverpool teammates possess spoken of their strive against to achieve his death, with captain Virgil van Dijk writing on Instagram that he used to be “absolutely devastated and in complete disbelief”.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot said every person associated with the membership owed it to Jota to “stand together and be there for every other”.

Egypt international Salah paid tribute to Jota on Friday.

“I am if truth be told lost for words,” closing season’s Premier League top-scorer posted on Instagram. “Unless the day outdated to this, I never thought there would possibly presumably presumably be something that would possibly presumably presumably frighten me of going assist to Liverpool after the damage.

“Teammates attain and trudge but no longer fancy this. It’s going to be extremely sophisticated to accept that Diogo won’t be there once we trudge assist.

“My thoughts are alongside with his partner, his kids, and naturally his of us who with out be conscious lost their kids. Those shut to Diogo and his brother Andre need the overall pork up they are able to get. They'll no longer ever be forgotten.”

Jota had married his partner Rute Cardoso on June 22, posting a video of their marriage ceremony on Instagram steady hours sooner than the accident. They had three kids.

The most famous team of Slot’s Liverpool squad were scheduled to be at the membership’s practising complex on Friday for the opening round of physical tests after their put up-season damage.

However their return has reportedly been pushed assist till Monday.
Liverpool’s first pre-season match is against Preston on July 13.

The membership possess opened a e book of condolence and lowered flags to half-mast.

Followers possess left vegetation, scarves and shirts at a makeshift shrine starting up air Anfield and there are the same scenes at Wolves’ Molineux Stadium, the place Jota performed beforehand.