“I have no words … it hurts in my soul”: Luis Díaz's emotional reaction to the death of Diogo Jota and his brother in Spain

Photo foot, Diogo Jota and Colombian Luis Díaz were colleagues and friends at Liverpool.

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3 julio 2025

Updated 7 hours

“I have no words … it hurts in my soul.”

Thus began Luis Díaz, Colombian player of Liverpool, his message of condolences after the death of his teammate in Liverpool, the Portuguese Diogo Jota, in an accident at dawn on Thursday in Spain.

“Not only for what it was on the court, but for the person who was outside of it. There are gestures that you never forget, and Diogo had one with me that will accompany me all my life,” Diaz continued.

When Luis Díaz signed for Liverpool in 2022, Diogo Jota forgave the remaining months of renting a house in Porto, where the Colombian played, who had leased when he considered that he no longer made sense to collect him when he was teammates.

Díaz concluded with a message for the wife and children of Jota: “My hug is with Rute, her three children and her family. Rest in peace, Diogo and André.”

Jota, 28, died in a car accident in northern Spain with his brother and also footballer André Silva.

Cristiano Ronaldo, star and captain of Portugal, also sent a message full of pain in which he said that the death of his selection partner “makes no sense.”

Diogo Jota and Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Portugal — Photo foot, Diogo Jota and Cristiano in the Portugal National Team

“We were together in the National Team and you finished marrying. To your family, your wife and your children, I send my condolences and I wish you all the strength of the world. I know you will always be with them. Rest in peace, Diogo and André. We will all miss them,” wrote the former Real Madrid's ex -delayer in his X account.

Liverpool FC declared to be “devastated by the tragic death of Diogo Jota.”

The young Portuguese striker arrived at the English club in 2020 after being transferred from the Wolverhampton Wanderers for a figure close to US $ 50 million.

The club added: “The Liverpool FC will not make more statements at the moment and request that the privacy of the family, friends, colleagues and staff of the Diogo and André club be respected while trying to assimilate an unimaginable loss.”

Three girls with a scarf. — Photo foot, Liverpool fans approached to pay tribute to the team player.

Another of his teammates in Liverpool, Uruguayan Darwin Nuñez, wrote a meaningful message for Jota and his family.

“There are no words to comfort you so pain. I will always remember you with your smile, like a good partner inside and off the field.

I send all my strength to your family, from where I am sure that it will always be with you, especially your wife and three children. Rest in peace, Diogo and André.

Other statements

His partner in the selection and rival at Manchester United Bruno Fernandes, paid tribute to his Instagram account.

“Friend, colleague and a thousand battles. It is difficult to understand how someone can leave so soon,” he wrote.

“That you and your brother find the peace they need to watch over their loved ones who lost them too soon and suddenly,” he added.

Also the German Jurgen Klopp, who was his coach for four seasons in Liverpool, said he had “broken heart.”

“This is a moment of great pain! There must be a greater purpose! But I don't see it! I break my heart finding the death of Diogo and his brother André,” he wrote on his Instagram account.

For its part, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) pointed out that they “and all Portuguese football are completely devastated,” you can read in an FPF statement.

“Much more than an incredible player, with almost 50 international games, Diogo Jota was an extraordinary person, respected by all his classmates, someone with a contagious joy and a reference in the community itself,” they said.

The FPF has asked the UEFA, the governing agency of European football, to keep a minute of silence before the Portuguese Women's Eurocup match against Spain on Thursday.

Another of the clubs issued by a statement when the news of the player's death was the death of the player was the Wolverh Ampton Wanderers, the team where Jota became known in English football.

There he played three seasons to help the “Wolves”, as they are known, reach the English First Division.

The “Wolves” published in their X account: “We are disconsolate. Diogo was worshiped by our fans, loved by his teammates and appreciated by all those who worked with him during his stage in the Wolves.”