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View image in fullscreen‘He lit up a room’: Trent Alexander-Arnold pays tribute to Diogo Jota

Right-back pleased football world united to show love

Former Liverpool teammate an ‘amazing man and player’

Trent Alexander-Arnold has described his former Liverpool teammate Diogo Jota as “someone who lit up a room”.



The Liverpool forwarddied along with his brother, André Silva, in a car accident in Spain on Thursday.

Alexander-Arnold is at the Club World Cup in the United States with Real Madrid having left Anfield at the end of their title-winning 2024-25 season.

“It has been difficult but it’s been very emotional, very heartwarming to see the footballing world uniting and come together to show their love and support to him and his family, and obviously his brother as well.

“So although it’s been difficult, it’s also been a nice showing out from everyone, all clubs, all people, uniting and showing love and support for what must be a mind-blowingly hard time for the family.

“I’ve been … around him and his brother, his family, his amazing wife, his parents, his amazing three children.

It’s truly, truly heartbreaking to wake up to news like that.

I shared the dressing room for five years [and have] amazing memories on and off the pitch with him.

He will live long in all our memories for the amazing man and player he was.”

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