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[the squad number will be retired]

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/diogo-jota-forever-our-number-20

It was the number he wore with pride and distinction, leading us to countless victories in the process – and Diogo Jota will forever be Liverpool Football Club's number 20.

After consultation with his wife, Rute, and family, the club can announce the squad number will be retired in honour and memory of Diogo across all levels, including LFC Women and Academy.

You're running a narrative without knowing it's correct. That for me is one of the major dangers about the internet right there.

Is it your first time dealing with him? 

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/arne-slot-statement

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.

CNN Portugal's sports editor Rui Loura gave an insight into Jota's journey while on air. "The surgery he had was lung surgery and he had been advised against flying following this," he said, as per the Daily Mail.

Loura added: "He was on his way to the northern Spanish port city of Santander to cross by ferry and reach the UK that way and carry on with the car once he reached Britain. He was on his way to Liverpool with his brother."

Just devastating news to wake up to. Awful for his family

RIP

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Kerkez wrapped up next please

I'll be there to see him and Shane this week

Bradley just signed a new long term deal a couple of weeks ago 

Heitinga is away off to manage Ajax.
Reports that Dirk Kuyt will be coming in to help the back room team.

Speaking of back room staff - Ljinders joined up with City

Frimpong lean incoming

Has there been any updates on the fans who were described as seriously injured the other day?

Surely someone who can Google as well as you can can be able to find out yourself?

incredibly sad and pathetic 

where did yer man's post go from last night?

What did we miss?

Ah he was quoting someone who said that Liverpool fans were known as being well respected etc - he posted a load of links about Liverpool supporters sending death threats, burning jerseys etc.......