Mohamed Salah has revealed that he is ‘lost for words’ following the tragic death of his Liverpool team-mate Diogo Jota at the age of 28.
Jota and his brother Andre passed away following a car crash in Spain in the early hours of Thursday.
Portugal international Jota had married Rute Cardoso just two weeks prior to his death.
Salah and Jota had been team-mates at Liverpool since the latter’s arrival at the club in 2020.
Salah wrote on X: ‘I am truly lost for words. Until yesterday, I never thought there would be something that would frighten me of going back to Liverpool after the break. Team mates come and go but not like this. It’s going to be extremely difficult to accept that Diogo won’t be there when we go back.
‘My thoughts are with his wife, his children, and of course his parents who suddenly lost their children. Those close to Diogo and his brother Andre need all the support they can get. They will never be forgotten.’
Mohamed Salah says that he is ‘lost for words’ after his team-mate Diogo Jota passed away
Salah and Jota played 151 games together for Liverpool after the latter’s arrival in 2020
Jota and his brother Andre passed away following a car crash in Spain in the early hours of Thursday
In total, Salah and Jota played 151 matches together for Liverpool and combined for goals on 19 occasions.
Overall, Jota made 182 appearances for the Reds and scored 65 goals, while he provided 26 assists.
He was part of the Liverpool squad that won the Premier League title last season and previously won the FA Cup and two League Cups.
Jota and his brother Andre died when his Lamborghini had a tyre blow out while overtaking another vehicle on the A-52 at Cernadilla near Zamora.
The car is said to have burst into flames, with the brothers unable to be saved.
They had been heading to Santander in order to get a ferry to Britain, with Diogo advised not to fly after lung surgery.
