The Liverpool goalkeeper and his Fluminense brother Muriel received sad news of their father’s death
Businessman José Becker, father of Brazilian goalkeepers Alisson, from Liverpool, England, and Muriel, from Fluminense, drowned in a dam running through his estate in the south of the country, the aid organizations reported early Thursday.
Caçapava do Sul Fire Department, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, bordering Argentina and Uruguay, has confirmed that The body, found shortly before midnight on Wednesday, belonged to the 57-year-old businessman, who has been reported missing since taking a dip to swim in the dam this afternoon.
The businessman, who was also the keeper of amateur clubs in Rio Grande do Sul, was with fishing enthusiasts in his 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 rock formations tourist spot on the Camaquá River that flows through his property, and his body was rescued by a friend and a mansion employee.
The Fluminense club in Rio de Janeiro, where his firstborn Muriel, 34, acts as the starting goalkeeper, mourned death and wished all his family and friends “strength” through his social networks.
“It is with great sadness that we receive the news of the death of José Agostinho Becker, father of our exporters Álisson and Muriel. The People’s Club wishes family and friends away in this time of so much pain,” said the Porto International Alegre, where both players started.
The Rio de Janeiro teams Vasco da Gama and Botafogo, Sao Paulo and Bahia de Salvador were other clubs in the Brazilian first division who expressed their solidarity with the family of the two goalkeepers.
Álisson, 28, thanked for his part through his news agency for the statements of support, indicating the family asked for privacy and will not demonstrate.
The Brazilian team’s titular goalkeeper and considered one of today’s best, did not detail a possible trip to Brazil for his father’s funeral, in a scenario where flights between the UK and the South American country are suspended due to the new types of covid-19.