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ITV News
26-07-2025
- Sport
- ITV News
Liverpool commission permanent Diogo Jota tribute at Anfield
Liverpool Football Club has commissioned a sculpture to be made in honour of Diogo Jota outside Anfield after thousands of floral tributes to their No.20 were gradually removed in recent days. Portugal and Liverpool forward Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who played for Portuguese second division club Penafiel, died in a car crash on 3 July in the Spanish province of Zamora. Liverpool retired Jota's number 20 shirt in tribute, across all levels of the club, including LFC Women and the Academy. The planned sculpture will be made by recycling items left outside Anfield since his death by fans paying their respects. It will become a permanent memorial sculpture that will become a future focal point of remembrance at Anfield. Floral tributes are to be composted and used in flower beds across all club sites, including Anfield, the AXA Training Centre and AXA Melwood Training Centre. In the meantime, a temporary area of reflection has been created at Anfield so people can continue to pay their respects. Liverpool are planning a fan mosaic and a minute's silence at the opening Premier League home game against Bournemouth on 15 August. Fans can also pay tribute at the pre-season game against Atletico Bilbao on 4 August at Anfield, while players' shirts will have a "'Diogo J 20" patch for their two pre-season games in Asia. And the Reds players will wear a specially-designed patch with 'Diogo J 20' stitched on in memory of their team-mate across the two games in the Far East, starting with AC Milan at the Kai Tak Stadium on Saturday evening (12.30pm UK time). A floral tribute will also be laid before kick-off at the pre-season games in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Anfield. The LFC Foundation has also committed to creating a grassroots football programme in the Jota's name. Meanwhile, the Football Association will hold talks with Liverpool before planning a tribute to Jota at the Community Shield at Wembley on 10 August. In addition, the club have said if supporters want to honour Jota by having "Diogo J 20" on the back of their shirts, then the profits of the purchases will go to the LFC Foundation, the club's charity.
Yahoo
26-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Liverpool reveal plans for Diogo Jota sculpture & 'Forever 20' emblem on upcoming new kit in 'more permanent tributes' to striker after tragic death in road accident
Liverpool revealed plans for permanent tributes to Jota Will unveil a sculpture and have special emblem on new kit Jota died in a car crash on July 3 Follow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱 WHAT HAPPENED? Since the brothers' death, tributes have poured in from all corners of the football world. Fans and players of other clubs have paid their respects by laying flowers and shirts in particular outside Anfield, where the club created a temporary shrine to the late striker. THE BIGGER PICTURE The Premier League champions have now confirmed that they have removed the floral tributes and other artefacts from the spot and have carefully stored them. While the flowers will be composted and used in various beds across Anfield, the other things will be recycled to create a sculpture of the Portuguese player. If supporters wish to print 'Diogo J 20' on the back of their shirts from the club's official store, the money will go to the LFC Foundation. The new kit for the 2025-26 campaign, which will be launched on August 1, will also have a 'Forever 20' emblem printed on them. In the team's season opener on August 15 against Bournemouth at Anfield, a special fan mosaic will be unveiled and a minute of silence will be observed. WHAT LIVERPOOL SAID Thanking fans and everyone who took time to pay physical tributes to Jota, Liverpool released a statement that read: "Liverpool FC wishes to express its heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to everyone who has taken the time, and continues to take the time, to leave tributes in honour of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at Anfield." WHAT NEXT FOR LIVERPOOL? Arne Slot's side will be next seen in action on Saturday as they take on AC Milan in a pre-season friendly at the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong.
