The Liverpool goalkeeper and his brother Muriel from Fluminense received sad news about their father’s death
Businessman José Becker, the father of Brazilian goalkeepers Alisson, from English Liverpool, and Muriel, from Fluminense, drowned in a dam that passes through his property in the south of the country, according to aid agencies reported early on Thursday.
The fire department of Caçapava do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, which borders Argentina and Uruguay, has confirmed this. The body found shortly before midnight on Wednesday belonged to the 57-year-old businessman, reported missing since the afternoon when he took a bath 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 his country house in Lavras do Sul, 320 kilometers from Porto Alegre, the capital of the region.
Becker disappeared while swimming in the Rincao do Inferno dam, a rocky tourist site on the Camaquá River that flows 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 first born Muriel, 34, acts as the starting goalkeeper, mourned his death and wished all his family and friends “power” through his social networks.
“We are deeply saddened to receive the news of the deaths of José Agostinho Becker, the father of our exporters, Alisson and Muriel. started both players.
The teams from Rio de Janeiro Vasco da Gama and Botafogo, Sao Paulo and Bahia de Salvador were other clubs from the Brazilian first division that expressed their solidarity with messages of support for the family of the two goalkeepers.
Álisson, 28, thanked for his part through his press office for the messages of support and indicated that the family has requested privacy and will not demonstrate.
The goalkeeper of the Brazilian team and considered one of the best today did not give details about a possible trip to Brazil for his father’s funeral, in a scenario in which flights between the United Kingdom and the South American country are suspended by the new covid-19.