Diogo Jota RIP

woodenspoon

Very sad for the family, his children, wife and close friends. The coverage has been extreme but then I’m not a football supporter.

I have no time for football either, but this is a tragedy.

It is so sad, two brothers. Doesn’t bare thinking about.

It was very sad watching the funerals, his parents must be in absolute shock to lose their only two children in one day. My gran struggled after losing my mum and her sister 6 years apart.

I also feel so sad for his wife and three young children, who are all under 5 years of age. My father died when I was 6 years and I still feel the effects of this 60 years later.

Yes, it was a tragic event. But, there would have been other families, who also suffered terrible tragedies in the last few days, who might well be wondering, why all the fuss for a famous footballer, not our loved one(s)?

And re the journey, yes, he'd been advised not to fly back for pre-season training, due to a recent operation, so they were driving to Santander (possibly Bilbao) so he could get a ferry back to the UK.

But, though they likely never considered it, they could have just driven to perhaps Salamanca, then got one of Spain's fast trains to the port, though the ferry takes quite a while to Plymouth or Portsmouth anyway.

I expect their family will long wonder about their choices, and how Fate or the Good Lord rolls their particular dice?

I was in an area yesterday where football players live and witnessed a red super car being driven extremely noisily and well over the speed limit. Fortunately it was an open road and although my hearing was damaged at least no one was injured. I expect supercars are part of the problem.

And re the journey, yes, he'd been advised not to fly back for pre-season training, due to a recent operation, so they were driving to Santander (possibly Bilbao) so he could get a ferry back to the UK.

But, though they likely never considered it, they could have just driven to perhaps Salamanca, then got one of Spain's fast trains to the port, though the ferry takes quite a while to Plymouth or Portsmouth anyway.

I've sailed on that Brittany Ferries crossing. It departs from Santander. The vessel is called the Pont Aven, it has a lovely restaurant, a swimming pool, shops etc. You get on around 4 pm and arrive in Plymouth the following day around lunch time.

Grandmotherto8

Apparently Liverpool FC will honour the last 2 years of his contract and also pay for the education of his 3 children. A thoughtful gesture by his final club.

That's generous, buy absolutely as it should be.

*but not buy

DrWatson it really depends on who the tragedies touch. Football reaches across nations and has hundreds of thousands of followers enough said.