Premier League champions, Liverpool, have immortalised Diogo Jota by adding a new section to their website as a tribute to the late striker following his untimely de@th.

 

 

 

Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, died when their car crashed in the early hours in northern Spain on July 3.

 

 

 

 

The former Wolves striker had recently married his childhood sweetheart at a ceremony in his native Portugal.

 

 

 

 

Following the sad incident, Liverpool announced that Jota’s No. 20 would be immediately retired for all levels following consultation with his widow and his family.

 

 

 

Since then, the club have extended the tribute to their official website.

 

 

 

In a section on the site listing the men’s first-team squad by position, a link to Jota’s profile has been immortalised under the subheading ‘forever’.

 

 

 

Jota’s profile now contains a tribute to the forward concluding with the statement: ‘He will always be our number 20.’

 

 

Speaking in his first interview since Jota’s death, Reds boss Arne Slot insisted that retiring Jota’s number was the least the club could do.

 

 

 

‘We will always carry him with us in our hearts, in our thoughts, wherever we go,’ Slot told Liverpool’s website.

 

 

 

 

‘Maybe especially in difficult moments because of what I just said. But in any moment we are here, we will carry him with us in our thoughts and in our hearts.

 

 

 

‘To retire his shirt is the one thing we could, should, and have done.’

 

 

 

A mural paying tribute to Jota has also recently been completed near Anfield.

 

 

Created by artist John Culshaw, the mural depicts Jota smiling and putting his hands together to create a heart.