Soccer-Milner to honour former teammate Jota with jersey number switch

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Brighton & Hove Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers - The American Express Community Stadium, Brighton, Britain - January 22, 2024 Brighton & Hove Albion's James Milner REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

(Reuters) -Brighton & Hove Albion's James Milner will don the number 20 shirt this season as a tribute to former Liverpool teammate Diogo Jota, who died in a car crash in Spain last month.

Jota and his brother Andre Silva were killed in early July when their Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into flames in northwestern Spain.