Diogo Jota summed up what Liverpool means to him: “It changed my life” – Liverpool FC

Diogo Jota‘s love for Liverpool grew from the second he signed from Wolves in 2020, and talking earlier this yr he defined the way it “means the whole lot.”

Andy Robertson put it completely when he mirrored on his friendship with Jota, writing: “He was probably the most British overseas participant I’ve ever met.”

Trying on the Portugal worldwide and you possibly can be forgiven for assuming he was a Scouser.

That extends to his character, too, having embraced the tradition lengthy earlier than his transfer from Wolves and grown to like horse racing, snooker and darts – alongside along with his ardour for the FIFA franchise.

Put merely, Jota purchased into Liverpool from day one, and becoming a member of Ibrahima Konate and Alexis Mac Allister for an episode of Reds Roundtable in February, he summed up what the membership means to him.

“For me it means the whole lot, to be sincere,” he stated.

“It modified my life utterly. My three children had been born right here, I’ve a home right here.

“I’ll at all times keep in mind sooner or later, even when I don’t dwell right here, this metropolis, this membership, the way in which all people supported me from the very first day within the membership, the followers.

“I actually imagine it’s arduous to be in such place like I’m as a participant in the intervening time.

“I’m actually grateful for that, to all the individuals within the membership and to all the followers, for making this occur.”

These phrases are poignant within the wake of Jota’s tragic loss of life alongside along with his brother Andre Silva in northern Spain on Thursday morning.

In an interview with the membership’s official web site following the top of a season that noticed him carry the Premier League trophy, the 28-year-old mirrored on a dream come true.

“To reach at this specific season with the title that I’ve been chasing for lots of years and in the perfect league on the earth – for me the place I dreamed to play as a child – it’s a second I’ll cherish eternally,” Jota stated.

“It’s a exceptional achievement for a small man that got here from Gondomar, the place I had this dream. To reach at this second was excellent.

“It’s huge. It’s one thing I couldn’t even dream after I was a child.

“I needed to play within the Premier League however I didn’t even think about to win it, I simply needed to be there taking part in. I knew it was the perfect league on the earth.”