MADRID -- Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames, police said Thursday.

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has died in a tragic car accident. According to The Guardian, the 28-year-old Portuguese forward and his brother, Andre, were killed in Spain when one of their Lamborghini’s back tires was punctured and the car veered off the road.

A skillful forward, Jota was sought by a number of top European teams when he moved from England's Wolverhampton Wanderers to Liverpool for a total fee of $61.5 million in 2020.