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Diogo Jota married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso shortly before he died(Image: Rute Cardoso/Instagram)

Diogo Jota’s wife Rute Cardoso has spoken for the first time publicly since the death of the Liverpool forward.

One said: “Stay strong my dear.” Another said: “You’ll never walk alone Rute.” A third person said: “Thoughts are with you and your family, Diogo was an inspiration to all.”

Rute was present at their funeral on July 5 along with family members, friends and Jota’s teammates in their hometown of Gondomar.

She then visited Anfield to see the tributes to the brothers on July 11.

She was accompanied by members of the Liverpool FC squad and the Reds' coach, Arne Slot, as they viewed the floral tributes laid in memory of the brothers.

Images from the visit were posted on the Liverpool FC official Instagram account.

The post was captioned: "Our squad and staff paid their respects to Diogo Jota and Andre Silva at Anfield today, alongside members of the brothers’ family." Members of the Liverpool squad were holding white and red flowers as they paid tribute to Jota and Silva.

Players such as Curtis Jones, Alexis Mac Allister, Joe Gomez, Luis Diaz and Kostas Tsimikas can be seen on the images shared by the club.

Club captain Virgil van Dijk is also pictured laying the flowers down at the memorial site.

Rute also left their signature on a 'Forever 20' mural wall on which supporters have been invited to sign their name in tribute to Jota.

A further tribute to Jota was completed earlier this week with a special mural created near to Anfield on the exterior of the Halfway House pub.

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Jota’s shirt number at Liverpool, 20, has since been retired for all of Liverpool’s teams as a mark of respect.

In the list of first-team players and their squad numbers, which is usually divided between goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards and those players out on loan, a new section has been added called "Forever" in which Jota and his number 20 have been placed.

There were a number of tributes to Jota ahead of the opening pre-season friendly at Preston North End on July 13.