{"id":264923,"date":"2025-07-14T18:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/264923\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:39:11","slug":"manchester-united-lay-tribute-to-diogo-jota-and-andre-silva-in-anfield-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/264923\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United lay tribute to Diogo Jota and Andre Silva in Anfield visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim, captain Bruno Fernandes and defender Diogo Dalot visited Anfield on Monday afternoon<\/p>\n<p>17:12, 14 Jul 2025Updated 17:20, 14 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_GettyImages-2223925887.jpg\" alt=\"Tributes for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at Liverpool's home stadium Anfield\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Tributes for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at Liverpool&#8217;s home stadium Anfield(Image: Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Manchester United have become the latest Premier League club to visit the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/anfield\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Anfield<\/a> memorial for Diogo Jota and Andre Silva to pay their respects. Jota and his brother Silva died in a car crash earlier this month as they were travelling across Spain to catch a ferry to the United Kingdom ahead of the start of Liverpool&#8217;s pre-season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/anfield\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Anfield<\/a> has become a site of remembrance with thousands of tributes being laid outside the stadium by supporters, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Reds<\/a> players and staff along with the general public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">And with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/everton-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Everton<\/a> having already paid their respects, on Monday afternoon it was the turn of Manchester United to do likewise.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/liverpool-face-new-premier-league-32053422\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool face new Premier League title intrigue as Chelsea concern grows<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/what-preston-manager-told-liverpool-32053538\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Preston manager told Liverpool boss Arne Slot as &#8216;difficult&#8217; admission made <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Flowers were laid by United manager Ruben Amorim, captain Bruno Fernandes and defender Diogo Dalot, who are each compatriots of Portuguese duo Jota and Silva.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Meanwhile, Jota&#8217;s former club Wolves have announced they are planning special tributes at their next two home games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Similar to Anfield, the area outside Molineux has been transformed into a memorial to both Jota and his brother, although Wolves announced on Monday they will be clearing the area to preserve items given imminent poor <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/weather\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">weather<\/a> in the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;All non-perishable items will be carefully stored and will be retained for potential inclusion in a more permanent memorial, which the club is now exploring as a lasting way to honour Diogo and Andre,&#8221; read a club statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Floral tributes will also be gathered and will be turned into coloured ink, which can then be used as part of a bespoke artwork or tribute. Further details will be shared once plans are confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Diogo and Andre\u2019s passing will also be marked at two of Wolves\u2019 upcoming home fixtures &#8211; the final home friendly against Celta Vigo and opening <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> match against Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The club is working closely with supporters to ensure both tributes are fitting of Diogo\u2019s legacy at Wolves, with the main commemorations planned for the Man City fixture.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim, captain Bruno Fernandes and defender Diogo Dalot visited Anfield on Monday afternoon 17:12,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[18517,94,763,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-264923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-diogo-jota","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-liverpool-fc","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114853050155903178","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}