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We loosely talk about players, fans and managers being devastated by a loss on a football pitch and, at times like this, we might re-examine our language.

Again, rightly so.

The tragedy of Jota’s passing really does put football - and the extreme emotions that go with it - into perspective.



But for those of us who did not know Jota as a person, football defined him.

We cannot remember Jota as a friend, we can only remember him as a footballer.

It almost seems worthless talking about his talent on a football field, but it is how most of us will remember him.

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And that much was clear from his pathway, having still been at his local club Gondomar when he was 16.

When - via Pacos de Ferreira, Atletico Madrid and a loan spell at FC Porto - Jota arrived in English football, it was in the Championship with Wolves.

But he loved football - and football will miss Diogo Jota.