Arne Slot, Liverpool’s manager, paid tribute to Diogo Jota in an interview released on Sunday saying the Portugal forward was a ‘champion’ in everything he did.
Father of three, Jota, died alongside his brother on July 3 after their Lamborghini came off the road and burst into flames in northern Spain.
“I think what I take comfort in is that in the last month of his life he was a champion in everything,” Slot told the Liverpool website ahead of Sunday’s friendly against Preston North End.
“A champion for his family, which is the main and most important thing. A champion for his country because he won the Nations League with a country that he cared about so much, because he also wore the flag when we had celebrations. And of course a champion for us by winning the Premier League,” said Slot. Liverpool announced earlier this week that Jota’s number 20 shirt will be retired at all levels within the club.
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