Arne Slot's squad is set to return to preseason training just days after the majority of the team attended Diogo Jota's funeral in Portugal. Somehow, Liverpool's group must try and cope with an unfathomable level of grief.

Police said Jota died along with his brother Andre Silva, also a soccer player, in a car accident near the northwestern city of Zamora, Spain.

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