Diogo Jota

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

5 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

Apparently he was advised not to fly after surgery so they were off to catch the ferry but as we know a dodgy pilot and plane ...

 

Fate. It never ceases to make me wonder. A niggling injury leads to a small op which leads to him driving to England rather than flying which leads to the car crash. 

you can only connect the dots looking back. 

[Whitey Grandad]

11 minutes ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

Fate. It never ceases to make me wonder. A niggling injury leads to a small op which leads to him driving to England rather than flying which leads to the car crash. 

you can only connect the dots looking back. 

He was overtaking at the time apparently. 

[Crab Lungs]

8 hours ago, goodymatt said:

I had already posted my response to this tragic news in one of the other threads before you even made this thread, so don’t try and paint me as something I am not. The thread title was originally ‘Diego’, I thought it is only respectful to spell his name right, that is all.

Yes, right now is definitely time for pedantry and semantics over spelling or typo.

My word.

[Crab Lungs]

RIP Diogo and Andre. 
 

Horrible, awful news. That family will be in pieces.

[Gloucester Saint]

3 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Not good enough. They only check pressures and not condition. 

Typically they come free with the ABS and compare the rotational speed of wheels on the same axis. Any significant difference is due to a different rolling radius.

Tyres, brakes and suspension.  Don't take risks with any of them. 

I only had all 4 changed a few months ago and done average mileage, recent service. The state of the roads is a real issue in rural areas some A roads, even the M5 has a stretch in South Worcestershire which is quite pitted and the M50 although that gets less volume.

The mobile tyre firm around here came out on the Sunday to fit my new one, checked the other three which are in very good shape, but said they’re incredibly busy because of people hitting potholes as hard as you try to avoid, you can’t all of the time. Also, a HGV had shed a tyre this week on the M5 which I managed to swerve but could have caused something like this tragic situation in N Spain. 

Ironically, minor surgery caused Jota to drive as they advised against flying so as not to set back healing time…he normally flies back for pre-season.

Edited Thursday at 18:07 by Gloucester Saint

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

1 hour ago, Whitey Grandad said:

He was overtaking at the time apparently. 

It was a dual carriageway so doesn’t that just mean he was in the fast lane?

[whelk]

Lovely statement from Slot

[skintsaint]

17 minutes ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

It was a dual carriageway so doesn’t that just mean he was in the fast lane?

Yep

[S-Clarke]

18 minutes ago, whelk said:

Lovely statement from Slot

Yep, I thought it was really well written.

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What to say? What can anyone say at a time like this when the shock and the pain is so incredibly raw? I wish I had the words but I know I do not.

All I have are feelings that I know so many people will share about a person and a player we loved dearly and a family we care so much about.

My first thoughts are not those of a football manager. They are of a father, a son, a brother and an uncle and they belong to the family of Diogo and Andre Silva who have experienced such an unimaginable loss.

My message to them is very clear – you will never walk alone. The players, the staff, the supporters of Liverpool Football Club are all with you and from what I have seen today, the same can be said of the wider family of football.

This is not solely a response to tragedy. It is also a reaction to the goodness of the people involved and the respect that so many have for the boys as individuals and for the family as a whole.

For us as a club, the sense of shock is absolute. Diogo was not just our player. He was a loved one to all of us. He was a teammate, a colleague, a workmate and in all of those roles he was very special.

I could say so much about what he brought to our team but the truth is everyone who watched Diogo play could see it. Hard work, desire, commitment, great quality, goals. The essence of what a Liverpool player should be.

There were also the parts that not everyone got to see. The person who never sought popularity but found it anyway. Not a friend to two people, a friend to everyone. Someone who made others feel good about themselves just by being with them. A person who cared deeply for his family.

The last time we spoke, I congratulated Diogo on winning the Nations League and wished him luck for his forthcoming wedding. In many ways, it was a dream summer for Diogo and his family, which makes it all the more heartbreaking that it should end like this.

When I first came to the club, one of the first songs I got to know was the one that our fans sing for Diogo. I had not worked with him previously but I knew straight away that if the Liverpool supporters, who have seen so many great players over the years, had such a unique chant for Diogo, he must have special qualities.

That we have lost those qualities in such terrible circumstances is something we have not yet come to terms with. For this reason, we need everyone at the club to stand together and to be there for one another. We owe this to Diogo, to Andre Silva, to their wider family and to ourselves.

My condolences go to Diogo’s wife, Rute, their three beautiful children and to the parents of Diogo and Andre Silva.

When the time is right, we will celebrate Diogo Jota, we will remember his goals and we will sing his song. For the time being, we will remember him as a unique human being and mourn his loss. He will never be forgotten.

His name is Diogo.

 

[Dark Munster]

On 03/07/2025 at 10:55, Crab Lungs said:

RIP Diogo and Andre. 

Horrible, awful news. That family will be in pieces.

Absolutely. For parents to lose a son is unbearable. To lose two is beyond heartbreaking. I can't imagine what they are going through.

RIP Diogo and Andre.

[Noodles34]

On 03/07/2025 at 09:37, AlexLaw76 said:

Very sad and was a very good player.

I am sure the scousers will milk this

You’re a fucking twat.