The Athletic exclusively reported Thursday that the Premier League has decided to pay tributes to the late legendary Liverpool and Portugal international striker Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, who tragically died in a car accident in Spain last month before the start of all of this weekend's 2025/26 season's opening matches.

According to the report, all players and staff will be required to wear black armbands during the opening matches, and a minute's silence will be observed at all stadiums.

Liverpool and Bournemouth players and veterans will each lay red wreaths in memory of Jota and Silva at Anfield before kick-off. The Reds' players will also wear jackets and jerseys emblazoned with the "Forever 20" badge on their chests.

Anfield will also display a special banner created by fans, and a memorial statue in Jota's honour will be erected later.

In addition, Chelsea has decided to donate all bonuses originally intended for players and coaching staff following the club's recent FIFA Club World Cup win to the widows, children, parents, and families of Jota and Silva.

The report also added that to prevent a recurrence of the incident in last weekend's Community Shield match where fans deliberately booed during the moment of silence for Jota and his brother, forcing such a solemn ceremony to be prematurely ended, the English Football Association has not ruled out severe punishment for those who intend to repeat this incident this weekend.

Jota, accompanied by his brother André Silva, also a professional footballer who played for Peñafiel, was driving to the dock, preparing to board a boat to return to Liverpool for pre-season training, when they were tragically killed in a car accident in Spain at 12:30 a.m. on July 4th. They were 28 and 25 years old, respectively.

About Diogo Jota

Diogo Jota was born in Porto, Portugal on December 4, 1996. He is 1.78 meters tall and primarily plays as a center forward, but can also play as a left winger.

Jota joined the Gondomar youth academy in 2005, transferred to the Paços de Ferreira youth academy in 2013, and completed his Paços de Ferreira first-team debut in October of the following year.

In July 2016, Jota joined Atlético Madrid for €7.2 million, but was immediately loaned-out to Porto.

In July 2017, Jota was loaned-out to Wolverhampton Wanderers, and his ownership was later bought out by Wolves for €18 million in January of the following year.

During his three-year spell at Wolves, Jota won the EFL Championship once with the club, helped the club qualify for the Europa League twice and reached the FA Cup final once.

In the summer of 2020, Jota moved to Liverpool for £45 million.

During his five-year spell at Liverpool, Jota played 182 times for the Reds in all competitions, scored 65 goals, assisted 26 times, won the Premier League once, the Carabao Cup once, the English FA Cup once, and reached the Champions League final once.

At the international level, Jota has been a member of the Portugal senior national team since 2019.

During this spell, he played 49 times for A Seleção das Quinas in all competitions, scored 14 goals, provided 12 assists, and won the UEFA Nations League twice with the team.