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United in grief for Diogo: Jota's widow and teammates say farewell at heart-breaking funeral for tragic striker and his brother as Liverpool makes kind gesture to his family

The grieving wife of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota has arrived ahead of his funeral in Portugal later today.

Rute Cardoso, who married the 28-year-old footballer less than a month before his tragic death alongside his brother Andre Silva on Thursday, appeared outside the church on Saturday ahead of the ceremony this morning.

The mother-of-three was seen hugging well wishers as she exited her car near the Chapel of the Resurrection, in Jota's hometown of Gondomar, where the brothers’ coffins have been laid.

Just before 10am they will be carried from the chapel of rest to the front of the neighbouring Parochial Church of Gondomar.