LONDON (Reuters) -Liverpool Football Club said it was devastated by the death of its player Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, who was killed in a car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain with his brother.

"Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota," the club wrote on social media on Thursday.

(Reporting by Muvija M; Writing by Catarina Demony, editing by Sarah Young)