And Liverpool confirmed that today’s game will feature several tributes to Jota ahead of kick-off at Deepdale, with both sets of players wearing black armbands alongside a minute’s silence and a rendition of the Liverpool anthem ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.

Liverpool take on Preston in their first pre-season game of the summer. Arne Slot’s Premier League champions travel to the Championship side as they return to action for the first time since the death of Diogo Jota. Tributes will be paid to Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who both died in a car crash in Spain last week.

Liverpool's pre-season friendly match against Preston North End is going ahead following talks between the club in the wake of the heartbreaking passing of Reds forward Diogo Jota