Source: Liverpool to begin preseason on Tuesday

Liverpool players are acceptable to study for preseason grooming connected Tuesday, pursuing the decease of guardant Diogo Jota, a root told ESPN.

Jota, 28, and his member André Silva, 25, were killed successful a car accident successful northwest Spain past week. Liverpool brag Arne Slot and a fig of the first-team squad attended the brothers' funeral successful Gondomar, Portugal, connected Saturday.

Some players had initially been owed to study for preseason investigating past Friday, nevertheless those plans were postponed successful airy of Jota's passing.

It is present expected that the squad volition study astatine the AXA Training Centre connected Tuesday arsenic they statesman to cogwheel up for the caller campaign.

The Premier League champions are scheduled to play a preseason affable against Championship broadside Preston North End astatine Deepdale connected Sunday, nevertheless it is uncertain astatine this signifier whether the crippled volition spell ahead.

Over the past fewer days, thousands of messages and floral tributes person been near extracurricular Anfield arsenic a people of respect to Jota and his brother.

In a statement, Liverpool described the brothers' decease arsenic an "unimaginable" loss. Captain Virgil van Dijk said helium was "absolutely devastated and successful full disbelief."