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4 days ago
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Diogo Jota mural near Molineux revealed
A mural to remember footballer Diogo Jota is being completed near Wolves' former Wolves and Liverpool player died in a car crash in northern Spain on 3 July alongside his brother, Andre Silva, and huge portraits of Jota have been painted on a wall facing The Leaping Wolf pub on Waterloo Road. Graffiti artist Joe Miles has said on the venue's Facebook page that he had been at the site since Monday and the mural would be completed on Friday.A BBQ event will be held to mark its completion from 17:00 BST. A fundraiser has helped pay for the artwork near Miles said: "Hopefully... the Liverpool fans, they can all come and enjoy it, 'cos it is so close to the ground."Not even [just] football fans, just people that are sort of interested in art as well, they can come and have a look."It's pretty accessible and you can see it from the road as well, so it's not hard to find." A moment of silence in memory of Jota, who died aged 28, and his brother will be held at all Premier League matches this will also wear black armbands, while messages and images will be shown on the big screens in joined Wolves on loan in the 2017-18 season before making a permanent switch in then left the club to join Liverpool in 2020. Follow BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
6 days ago
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Wolves fans fund and paint Diogo Jota mural
A mural to remember footballer Diogo Jota has been started near the stadium of the club he first joined in England. The former Wolves player died in a car crash in northern Spain on 3 July alongside his brother, Andre huge portrait is being painted on a wall facing The Leaping Wolf Pub on Waterloo Road, near Molineux artist Joe Miles is behind the creation and said: "As a Wolves fan he meant a lot to us, so I thought it would be nice to have a long-lasting memorial". A fundraiser has helped pay for the artwork which is due to be finished on Saturday, Jota will be remembered for his time at the club during their first home game of the new Premiership season, against Manchester 28-year-old joined Wolves on loan in their 2017-18 Championship-winning campaign before making a permanent switch in then left the club to join Liverpool in 2020. "I posted on my Facebook around three or four weeks ago asking if anyone had a wall or an idea of a space where we could create this," Mr Miles said."The Leaping Wolf got it contact, then we got the ball rolling and then we ended up here painting it!"A BBQ event will be held at the fan zone opposite the mural on Friday evening, to mark its completion. The manager of The Leaping Wolf Pub, Daniel Morris, added: "It's a big honour. "Thank you for everyone who donated, it's a devotion to the family that everybody loved him and everybody appreciated him." Follow BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
