In his first interview since Jota's death, Slot told Liverpool TV: "If we want to laugh, we laugh; if we want to cry, we're going to cry. "If they want to train they can train, if they don't want to train they can not train. But be yourself, don't think you have to be different than your emotions tell you.

The Portuguese attacker died alongside his brother Andre Silva on July 3 in a car accident. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Liverpool’s opening pre-season clash with Preston North End was always destined to be an emotionally-charged affair. It wasn’t that long ago that Diogo Jota and Andre Silva’s lives were tragically taken in a car crash in Spain on July 3.