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Diogo Jota passed away in a car accident with his brother, Andre Silva(Image: Getty Images)

The late Liverpool striker Diogo Jota once revealed that he took a "risk" in joining Wolves in 2017, with the side then residing in the Championship.

The football world is still in mourning after a car accident claimed the lives of Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva, 26, on Thursday, July 3.

Jota's move to Wolves ultimately paid off as he became a star at the Molineux and helped propel the team to the Premier League.



And at that time it was the best thing to do.

Ruben Neves and Diogo Jota celebrated promotion to the Premier League with Wolves(Image: Getty Images)

"We came here, we saw the project of the club, we saw the players they bought, so we put our minds in the Championship, focused on [getting to] the Premier League and did our work.

"In the beginning, a lot of people criticised us, including in Portugal.

We want to play football … in the best league in the world, so the city doesn’t matter."

Such was the class of Jota's performances for Wolves, scoring 44 goals in 131 appearances, that he forced Liverpool to sit up and take notice with Jurgen Klopp swooping for him in a £45million deal in September 2020.

His ex-team-mate Neves was among the mourners in Gondomar for Jota and Andre Silva's funeral on Saturday.

The 28-year-old made the trip straight to Portugal just hours after playing for his side, Al Hilal, in the Club World Cup in America

He also served as one of the pallbearers as Jota and Andre were laid to rest in a private ceremony in their hometown.

With scores of heartfelt tributes across the globe pouring in for Jota and Andre Silva, Neves' was remarkable in its unflinching emotion and candour.

Ruben Neves was one of the pallbearers at Jota and Andre Silva's funeral(Image: Getty Images)

Taking to social media, he wrote: "Bro, wherever you are, I know you'll read this, we've never been this sloppy and maybe now I regret it a little, but you know what you mean to me as much as I know what I mean to you.

"More than a friendship, we're family, and we won't stop being that just because you've decided to sign a contract a little further away from us.