Chelsea winger was closed friends with Diogo Jota and the pair played alongside each other for the Portugal national team

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has offered compassionate leave to winger Pedro Neto following the death of international teammate Diogo Jota. Following news of Jota’s tragic passing on Thursday, Neto did not join the Chelsea squad for an early training session in the build-up to the Club World Cup quarter-final clash with Palmeiras on Friday evening.

Rute Cardoso, who married the 28-year-old less than a month ago, was visibly emotional as she appeared outside the church in Gondomar this morning ahead of the 10am service. Jota and his brother André Silva died on Thursday when their £180,000 Lamborghini Huracan burst into flames following a suspected tyre blowout near Zamora in north-west Spain.