Liverpool fans' Diogo Jota song will be heard 'forever more'
"For me as a father, I'm thinking about his three little boys and his wife," Mr Phillip said."He's just got married. It's so sad, such a spectacular waste of life. "I hope his family see the fact that all the Liverpool fans are singing his song."Thousands of people continued to make the journey to Anfield on Friday, where a few bunches of flowers and memorabilia laid the previous morning had become a sea of tributes opposite the club's Hillsborough memorial. Former Liverpool councillor, Peter Millea, who follows the Reds home and away, reckons Jota's song will be heard at games "forever more".
"It's one of those songs that was sung even when he wasn't on the pitch, even if he wasn't playing," he explained."Sometimes he'd been out for a couple of weeks injured, but they still sang that song. "It resonates with Liverpool fans."There was something about him as a player when he first came to us that he became an instant hit."He was one of those players you can easily take to because of the manner in which he conducted himself on and off the pitch and the important goals that he scored."
Jordan Henderson, who was Liverpool captain when Jota signed from Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2020, was in tears when he laid flowers in memory of his friend and team-mate. The family of current squad member Harvey Elliot also left a bouquet of flowers, while Everton strikers Beto and Youssef Chermiti attended with club legend Ian Snodin to pay their respects. Meanwhile Liverpool FC officials have opened three books of condolences to allow people to pay their respects and share their feelings privately.
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