Liverpool players have started to return to the club for pre-season training following the death of team-mate Diogo Jota. The first set of players were scheduled to come back from their summer break on Friday but that was postponed after Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, were killed in a car crash in Spain.

The Reds are scheduled to fly out to Hong Kong and Japan. Liverpool will face AC Milan at the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong on July 26 before travelling to Yokohama to take on J1 League side Yokohama F. Marinos at the Nissan Stadium on July 30.

Merseyside is used to tragedy becoming part of its football narrative, but the death of their beloved striker has cut deep