Jota tribute wall grows at AXA as Liverpool begin pre‑season

Liverpool’s return to training was never going to be normal and as Arne Slot’s players reported back to the AXA Training Centre on Tuesday, they were met by a sea of tributes honouring Diogo Jota.

The images, shared by Echo journalist Jamie Greer on X, showed flowers, banners, balloons and shirts covering the walls in Kirkby.

Among the messages were two homemade banners: one reading “RIP Diogo YNWA” and another, “Diogo Jota RIP, You’ll Never Walk Alone – FOREVER A RED.”

Twenty balloons...