Arne Slot pays emotional tribute to Diogo Jota at Anfield
Slot and his wife, Mirjam, laid flowers at the shrine that has formed at the stadium after the death of Jota and his brother, André Silva, in a car crash in Spain last week.
'Diogo, we had the same dream and we fulfilled it together,' said a poignant message from the Slot family, including children, Isa and Joep. 'André and yourself will for ever be in our hearts.'
Liverpool and Scotland left back Andrew Robertson, who jokingly nicknamed his former team-mate MacJota because of his British outlook despite his Portuguese roots, saw for himself the scale of the tributes on Wednesday.
Robertson spent time reading the many messages for Jota, 28, having earlier returned to pre-season training at Liverpool's AXA training centre in Kirkby. He also attended the funeral on Saturday in Gondomar, Porto, alongside Slot, and fellow team-mates Virgil van Dijk, Alexis Mac Allister and Darwin Núñez among others.
Michael Edwards, the chief executive officer of football for Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group, also stopped at Anfield to lay a floral arrangement with 'Jota 20' on it.
Robertson at Anfield
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'I will miss you': Robertson's heartfelt message to his former team-mate, whom he called 'MacJota'
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A personal message accompanied the wreath, with Edwards describing Jota as 'down to earth, determined, a great finisher and above all loved and respected by all who knew him'.
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