Family and friends of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother are gathering Friday at a church where their bodies have been brought for a wake and funeral, after the Portuguese soccer players were killed in a car crash in Spain.

Liverpool FC player Diogo Jota and his brother died early Thursday in Spain after the Lamborghini they were traveling in crashed near the western city of Zamora, leaving the car in flames, police said.

The Premier League has released a statement following the tragic passing of Liverpool star Diogo Jota in a fatal car crash in Spain. The 28-year-old, alongside his younger brother Andre Silva, 26, died after the tire on the vehicle,