Liverpool coach reacted with pain to the tragedy that cost Diogo Jota and his brother André, highlighting his human quality beyond football.
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Arne Slot, coach of Liverpool, published a message loaded with pain on Thursday after the death of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva in a traffic accident in Spain. With words that go beyond football, Slot showed the impact that the tragedy had on the locker room and the human dimension of the Portuguese striker.
“What can be said at a time, when the pain is so raw?” Slot wrote. “My first words are not coach, but as a father, son, brother and uncle, thinking about the family of Diogo and André, which faces an unimaginable loss.”
Slot stressed that Jota was not just a footballer: “He was a companion, colleague, everyone's friend, someone special who never sought to be popular, but ended up being.
The Dutch coach confessed that, upon arriving at the club, one of the first things he heard in Anfield was the song dedicated to Diogo. “If Liverpool fans, who have seen so many great players, had a special song for him, should be someone unique,” he explained.
Slot also remembered his last conversation with the Portuguese: he congratulated him for the Nations League title and wished him luck for his wedding. “In many ways, he was living a dream summer with his family, which makes all this even more heartbreaking,” he wrote.
Beyond the sports impact, Slot insisted on the importance of being united: “We need everyone in the club to support each other. We owe it to Diogo, to André and their families.”
The technician closed with a message that summarizes the feeling of all Liverpool: “When the time comes, we will celebrate Diogo, we will remember his goals and sing his song. Now we cry as a single person who was. His name is Diogo. He will never be forgotten.”
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