Liverpool forward Diogo Jota was travelling by car after being medically advised not to fly when he tragically lost his life in a fatal road accident alongside his younger brother, Andr Silva, in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The 28-year-old Portugal international had undergone lung surgery and was told by doctors to avoid air travel. Instead, he and his brother opted to make their way to the UK by road and sea.
They were headed to the port city of Santander in northern Spain, from where they planned to board a ferry to Portsmouth and continue their journey to Liverpool.
Tragically, their journey ended near the town of Zamora, where the Lamborghini they were travelling in suffered a tyre blowout while overtaking another vehicle. The car veered off the road and burst into flames. Both Diogo Jota and his brother died at the scene.
The fire damage was so extensive that authorities were unable to immediately identify the bodies. Jotas wife, Rute Cardoso, had to carry out the heartbreaking task of identifying both men.