It does not matter that the distance, Jota was always within access.
Former club president Paulo Menses said, “He never changed his phone number after leaving the pacos. He never needed. He always responded when people called.”
“Sometimes, the sad circumstances like her can make us generous in the way we say about those who have passed. But it was not with her. She had really two qualities that are essential in a person – humility and gratitude – and, they were undisputed.
“Last time when we were promoted to the top flight in 2018-19, they sent me a message, asking me politely whether he could come and see. Then, the day we won the league title, they sent me a message five seconds after the game ended, ‘We have done it again.’
None of this will come as a surprise for those who shared a dressing room with him.
Former Liverpool and now Brentford goalkeeper Comhin Kelehar recalled how they would meet Portuguese lower levels.
Kelher wrote on social media, “You became one of my closest friends in football. We had a relationship on everything related to sports, who could watch all the football matches – often your brother Andre’s games were on your iPad.”
It seems almost contradictory that a person may be so deeply associated with his upbringing, he can still be so originally suited that wherever he has gone – whether it is Gondomar, Paecos, Porto, Wolverhampton or Liverpool.
“He was the most British foreign player with which I had ever met,” Lt-back Andy Robertson of Liverpool said. “We used to joke that he was really Irish … I would try to claim him as Scottish, obviously. I also called him Diaogo Mcjota.
“We look at the darts together, enjoy the horse racing. This season was an attraction to go to Cheltenham – we had one of the best times.”
It did not matter to Jota that he had an academy whose name was returned to his house. Nor is that a stand was thanked for their transfer. Or even he was scoring a goal in the Champions League.
He was still the same man who had crossed obstacles to become a footballer.
Ciber said, “He was an incredible young man – strong personality, great character, and extremely competitive, with always a desire to win. But more than anything, he gave importance to honesty, respected people who were straight with him, and there was little time for those who defeated around the bush,” Cabber said. “
He was a football superstar who knew that he would not have made it at the heights he had achieved, it was not to help Terrace on the way.
