The Liverpool goalkeeper and his brother Muriel, from Fluminense received sad news about the death of his father
Entrepreneur José Becker, father of Brazilian goalkeepers Alisson, of English Liverpool, and Muriel, of Fluminense, drowned in a dam that passes through his property in the south of the country, as reported in the morning of this Thursday the relief agencies.
The Caçapava do Sul Fire Brigade, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, bordering Argentina and Uruguay, confirmed that the body found shortly before midnight on Wednesday was from the 57-year-old businessman, reported missing since the afternoon when he took a dip to swim in the dam.
The businessman, who was also a goalkeeper for amateur clubs in Rio Grande do Sul, was with sport fishing friends at a country house in the municipality of Lavras do Sul, 320 kilometers from Porto Alegre, the regional capital.
Becker disappeared while swimming in the Rincao do Inferno dam, a touristy rock formation on the Camaquã River that runs through his property, and his body was rescued by a friend and a country house employee.
The Fluminense club in Rio de Janeiro, where his eldest son Muriel, 34, is acting as the starting goalkeeper, mourned his death and wished “family” “strength” to all his family and friends through his social networks.
“It is with great sadness that we received the news of the death of José Agostinho Becker, father of our exporters Alisson and Muriel. The ‘People’s Club’ wishes him out family and friends at this time of so much pain,” he said the International of Porto Alegre, where the two soccer players began.
The teams from Rio de Janeiro Basca da Gamma and Botafogo, Sao Paulo and El Salvador Bay were other clubs in the Brazilian first division that showed solidarity with messages of support for the family of the two goalkeepers.
Alisson, 28, thanked for his support messages through his press prefecture and indicated that the family asked for privacy and would not protest.
The goalkeeper of the Brazilian team and considered one of the best today did not give details about a possible trip to Brazil for the funeral of his parent, in a scenario in which flights between the United Kingdom and the country South American are suspended by the new strains of covid-19.