Ruben Neves has shared an emotionally uncooked tribute to Diogo Jota following Saturday morning’s funeral in Gondomar, the place the pair’s deep friendship was plain to see.
The previous Wolves and Portugal teammate served as a pallbearer in the course of the ceremony, strolling with Jota’s coffin alongside relations and shut pals.
Neves posted his message on Instagram the day earlier than the funeral, referring to Jota as “household” in a poetic farewell that has touched followers from Liverpool to Wolverhampton and throughout Portugal.
‘You’ll nonetheless be subsequent to me on the bus, on the aircraft’
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The Al Hilal midfielder, who performed with Jota for 3 years at Molineux and plenty of extra at worldwide degree, wrote: “Bug, wherever you’re I do know you’ll learn this…
Greater than a friendship, we’re household, and we gained’t cease it simply because now you determined to signal a contract a little bit additional away from us!”
He added: “After I go to the choice, you’ll nonetheless be subsequent to me on the dinner desk, on the bus, on the aircraft… you’ll all the time be there with me as all the time.”
“From at present on, you’ll enter the sphere with me and we’ll comply with our path collectively, on the stage the place we met.”
The message closed with a superbly private line, filled with affection and shared reminiscences: “Diogoal, you’re my favorite lemonade!! Amo-te 🤍”
Wolves, Portugal and Liverpool united in Jota grief
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Neves’s tribute underlines the size of the tragedy past Merseyside, with Jota’s dying resonating deeply amongst former golf equipment and teammates throughout the footballing world.
Jota joined Wolves from Atletico Madrid in 2017 and helped information them to Premier League promotion underneath Nuno Espirito Santo.
The transfer to Liverpool in 2020 solely added to his popularity as one of the vital beloved and hardworking forwards in Europe.
Anfield teammates together with Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Conor Bradley and Caoimhin Kelleher all travelled to Portugal for the service, whereas Alisson despatched his personal transferring tribute, promising to help Jota’s associate Rute: “You’ll by no means stroll alone.”
You possibly can view Neves’s Jota tribute by way of his Instagram account:
