Diogo Jota‘s widow has posted a heartbreaking message on the one month anniversary of their wedding.
Rute Cardoso, who married the Liverpool star just 11 days before his tragic death, posted three pictures from their wedding, including a close up of the pair holding hands.
She captioned the post: ‘1 month of our “until death do us part”.
‘Forever. Your white girl’
Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, died when their car crashed in the early hours in northern Spain on July 3.
Liverpool later announced that Jota’s No 20 would be immediately retired for all levels following consultation with his widow and his family.
Diogo Jota’s wife posted a heartbreaking message on the one month anniversary of their wedding
Rute Cardoso posted three pictures from their wedding, including a close up holding hands
Cardoso married Diogo Jota just 11 days before he and his brother Andre Silva’s tragic death
Since then, the club have extended the tribute to their official website.
In a section on the site listing the men’s first-team squad by position, a link to Jota’s profile has been immortalised under the subheading ‘forever’.
Jota’s profile now contains a tribute to the forward concluding with the statement: ‘He will always be our number 20.’
Speaking in his first interview since Jota’s death Reds boss Arne Slot insisted that retiring Jota’s number was the least the club could do.
‘We will always carry him with us in our hearts, in our thoughts, wherever we go,’ Slot told Liverpool’s website.
‘Maybe especially in difficult moments because of what I just said. But in any moment we are here, we will carry him with us in our thoughts and in our hearts.
‘To retire his shirt is the one thing we could, should and have done.’
A mural paying tribute to Jota has also recently been completed near Anfield.
A mural paying tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother has recently been completed near Anfield
Liverpool paid tribute to Diogo Jota in their pre-season friendly against Preston North End
Jota’s former side Wolves last week inducted him into their hall of fame.
The Portuguese international, who was part of Liverpool’s Premier League-winning side last season, made 131 appearances for Wolves and scored 44 goals during a three-year spell at the club after initially joining on loan from FC Porto in 2017.
He then moved to Anfield in a £41million transfer in the summer of 2020 after impressing as part of the side that secured European football under Nuno Espirito Santo.
In a statement, Wolves said:’Diogo Jota has been inducted into the Wolves Hall of Fame, in a tribute that honours both his remarkable achievements for the club and the deep impact his passing has had on the footballing world.
Liverpool paid tribute to Jota in their pre-season friendly against Preston on Sunday, Wolves announced plans to do the same in their last home friendly before the 2025-26 Premier League season gets underway, where they will plan another tribute.
More to follow.
