Liverpool have launched a transferring video tribute to Diogo Jota, centred round his personal reflections on life, soccer, and his love for the membership and metropolis that turned his dwelling.
The video, posted on the membership’s official channels, options Jota talking about his journey from childhood goals to Premier League glory.
His voice, calm and filled with satisfaction, makes the tribute much more devastating in mild of this week’s tragedy.
‘This metropolis, this membership, my children – it modified my life utterly’
(Photograph by Carl Recine/Getty Pictures)
Jota spoke about his humble beginnings in Gondomar, Portugal, and his earliest soccer recollections watching Euro 2004 and idolising Cristiano Ronaldo.
“I simply needed to be there,” he mentioned of his Premier League dream. “I didn’t even think about to win it.”
He described his debut at Wolves as step one, earlier than admitting that signing for Liverpool unlocked “one other part, one other degree, one other step.”
The video highlights how he instantly understood the burden of expectation at Anfield, with a clip from when he signed stating: “Now I’m considered one of you.”
One line stands out most of all, summing up Jota’s humility and dedication: “It’s a exceptional achievement for a small man that got here from Gondomar, the place I had this dream…”
He spoke with deep gratitude for the best way Liverpool embraced him, and the position it performed in his private life: “I’ll all the time keep in mind this metropolis, this membership. My three children had been born right here. It modified my life utterly.”
Diogo Jota’s legacy sealed in his personal phrases
(Photograph by Carl Recine/Getty Pictures)
For Liverpool supporters, it’s a haunting however highly effective reminder of how a lot Jota meant to us — and the way a lot we meant to him.
“It’s a second that I’ll cherish eternally,” he mentioned, reflecting on lastly lifting the Premier League title underneath Arne Slot.
As followers proceed to put tributes at Anfield and put together for tomorrow’s funeral in Gondomar, the video has offered a bittersweet consolation — letting us hear immediately from the person we’ve misplaced, in his personal voice, on his personal phrases.
You possibly can watch the Jota tribute by way of @LFC on X:
Our lad from Portugal. Ceaselessly ❤️ pic.twitter.com/opXUCmJqKq
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 3, 2025
