Las Palmas and Eldense propose stopping play in the 9th minute as tribute to De Miguel

Las Palmas and Eldense plan to stop play in the 9th minute on Sunday to honour Tenerife player Jesús de Miguel, who died this week.

Las Palmas and Eldense will play their LaLiga Hypermotion match on Sunday at Gran Canaria stadium and are seeking permission to halt the game in the 9th minute as a tribute to Jesús de Miguel, a Tenerife player who died on Tuesday and wore that shirt number.

Las Palmas captain Álex Suárez announced the initiative on Thursday, expressing the club's solidarity with De Miguel's family and the Tenerife community. He described the situation as "quite difficult to process" and said everyone at Las Palmas agrees on honouring the deceased player and his loved ones.

The gesture extends beyond the minute's silence: Las Palmas will wear Tenerife's white and blue colours as their third kit for the match against Alicante-based Eldense. Additionally, a Las Palmas delegation will attend a mass for De Miguel at Tenerife's Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium on Saturday at 6 p.m., which is expected to draw a large crowd.