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Diogo Jota: The fan favourite who achieved more than he ever dreamed possible

Diogo Jota was killed in a car crash along with his brother. He was 28

Diogo Jota was killed in a car crash along with his brother. He was 28

The caption is more poignant now, even as the words have proved horribly wrong. “Yes to forever,” wrote Diogo Jota, accompanying social-media pictures of his wedding to his long-time partner Rute Cardoso.

Within two weeks, Jota’s forever had ended, the Liverpool and Portugal forward killed in a car crash in Spain, along with his brother Andre Silva. His new wife is already a widow, his three young children left without a father.

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