The Liverpool participant is believed to have been driving at excessive pace when he and his brother Andre Silva died final week, based on Spanish police.
Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota was possible rushing when his automotive veered off a motorway in Spain final week, killing him and his brother, Spanish police mentioned.
The shock deaths of Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, on July 3 plunged the soccer world into mourning, lower than two weeks after the striker had gotten married.
An ongoing investigation is inspecting “the marks left by one of many car’s wheels … all the pieces factors to a attainable extreme pace past the street’s pace restrict”, the Civil Guard mentioned on Tuesday.
“All of the assessments performed to this point point out that the motive force of the car was Diogo Jota,” it added.
The drive had beforehand mentioned a tyre had most likely blown out whereas the car was overtaking, inflicting it to crash and burst into flames within the northwestern province of Zamora.
Simply hours earlier than the accident, Jota had posted a video of his June 22 wedding ceremony to accomplice Rute Cardoso, with whom he had three kids.
The deaths sparked an outpouring of grief, significantly within the brothers’ native Portugal and at Jota’s Premier League membership Liverpool.
Political leaders in addition to star gamers from Portugal and Liverpool joined household and mates on the funeral on Saturday within the Porto suburb of Gondomar.
Following spells at Atletico Madrid, Porto and Wolverhampton Wanderers, Jota turned a fan favorite at Liverpool after becoming a member of the Premier League giants in 2020.
He netted 65 instances for the Reds in 5 seasons, lifting the League Cup and FA Cup in 2021-22 and serving to them win a record-equalling twentieth English league title final season.
The striker additionally earned 49 caps for Portugal and was a part of the workforce that received this yr’s UEFA Nations League.
Youthful brother Andre performed in midfield for FC Penafiel in Portugal’s second tier.
