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Diogo Jota, the Liverpool star, who died with his brother in a car accident last week, traveled across the speed limit, Spain authorities said Tuesday.
The Spanish Civilian Guard’s investigation is still underway, but they said their faith is that Jota was driving too fast in her Lamborghini before a tire burst, forcing the car off-course.
The study also led to the belief that Jota was the one who was running. There was no indication from the police about who was driving, Jota or André Silva.
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Liverpool’s Diogo Jota celebrates the scoring under the Premier League match on Carrow Road, Norwich, in August 2021. (Joe Giddens/Pa via AP)
Lamborghini burst into flames on the Spanish highway near Zamora in northwestern Spain, killing the brothers in a tragedy that shocked the football world. Jota was 28 and Silva was 25.
Players from Liverpool as well as Portugal’s national team were present at the funeral for the brothers on Saturday.
Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota Death of 28, weeks after winning the Premier League and getting married
Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool’s captain, wore a red flower arrangement in the form of a football jersey with Jotas No. 20 on it with white flowers. Andrew Robertson, another Liverpool teammate, held a similar event with Silvas No. 30, which he wore with his Portuguese club Penafiel.
Many others in the football world, including Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes and Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva and Rúben Dias, were at the funeral this weekend.
“This is really, really sad days that you can imagine,” said Portugal’s national team coach Roberto Martinez at the funeral via Fox Sports. “But today we showed that we are a big, close family. … Their spirit will be with us forever.”
The site of the car accident, where Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother died in the northwestern city of Zamora, Spain, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (Emilio Fraile/AP Photo)
The brothers were allegedly on board a boat from northern Spain to England, where Jota would go with her Liverpool team after the summer holidays.
“Liverpool Football Club is destroyed by the tragic departure of Diogo Jota,” the team said in a statement on Thursday. “Liverpool FC is not going to comment at this time and request the privacy of Diogo and others’ family, friends, teammates and club staff are respected when they try to come up with an unimaginable loss.”
Cristiano Ronaldo, a team portugue legend, also responded to the tragic news.
Liverpool’s Diogo Jota, Center, celebrates after scoring his pages second goal under the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Leicester City at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday 22 November 2020. (Jon Super/AP Photo)
“Make no sense,” he said in an Instagram post. “Right now we were together in the national team, right now you were married. To your family, with your wife and children, I send my condolance and wish them all the strength in the world.
Jota had 47 goals over 123 appearances with Liverpool.
