This is a news that has put the world of football in turmoil. This Thursday morning, Diogo Jota died with his brother André Silva in a car accident. Terrible news that shocked the football planet and more particularly the Liverpool locker room. While tributes are multiplying, Arne Slot, coach of the Reds, also spoke by publishing a long text to the glory of the Portuguese.
Arne Slot's declaration
“What to say? What can we say in a moment like this when shock and pain are so incredibly raw? I would like to have the words, but I know I don't have them. All I have, they are feelings that many people will share about a person and a player that we love a lot and a family we hold so much. My first thoughts are not those of a football coach. They are of a father, a son, a brother and an uncle and they belong to the family of Diogo and André Silva who experienced an unimaginable loss ”.
“My message is very clear: you will never walk alone. The players, the staff, the supporters of the Liverpool Football Club are all with you and from what I saw today, we can say the same thing about the big family of football. It is not just a response to a tragedy. It is also a reaction to the goodness of the people involved and the respect that so many people have for boys as individuals and for the family as a whole. For us, as a club, the feeling of shock is absolute. Diogo was not only our player. He was a loved one for all of us. He was a teammate, a colleague, a work colleague and in all these roles, he was very special ”.
“I could say a lot about what he has brought to our team, but the truth is that everyone who watched Diogo play could see him. Hard work, envy, commitment, high quality, objectives. The essence of what a Liverpool player should be. There were also games that not everyone had the opportunity to see. The person who has never sought popularity but who found it anyway. Not a friend for two people, a friend for everyone. Someone who made the others feel good about them just being with them. A person who cared deeply about his family ”.
“The last time we talked to ourselves, I congratulated Diogo for his victory in the League of Nations and I wished him good luck for his next marriage. In many ways, it was a dream summer for Diogo and his family, which makes it all the more heartbreaking the fact that it ends thus. When I arrived at the club, one of the first songs I have known is the one that our fans sing for Diogo. I had never worked with him before, but I immediately knew that if the Liverpool supporters, who saw so many great players over the years, had such a unique song for Diogo, he had to have special qualities “.
“The fact that we have lost these qualities in such terrible circumstances is something that we have not yet accepted. For this reason, we need everyone to the club to be united and that he will be there for each other. We owe it to Diogo, André Silva, their extended family and ourselves. My condolences go to the wife of Diogo, Rute, to their three beautiful children and to the parents of Diogo and Andre Silva. When the time comes, we will celebrate Diogo Jota, we will remember his goals and we will sing his song. For the moment, we will remember him as a unique human being and will cry his loss. He will never be forgotten. His name is Diogo “.
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