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No matter the distance, Jota was always within reach.

"He never changed his phone number after leaving Pacos.

He truly had two qualities that are essential in a person - humility and gratitude - and in him, they were undeniable.

"The last time we were promoted to the top flight in 2018-19, he sent me a message, humbly asking if he could come and watch.

This was someone who knew his origins."

None of this will come as a surprise to those who shared a dressing room with him.

Former Liverpool and now Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher recalled how they would get together to follow Portuguese lower tiers.

"You became one of my closest friends in football.

We bonded over everything sports-related, watching any football match we could find - often your brother Andre's games on your iPad," Kelleher wrote on social media.

It seems almost contradictory that someone so deeply connected to his upbringing could still adapt so seamlessly to wherever he went - whether it was Gondomar, Pacos, Porto, Wolverhampton or Liverpool.

"He was the most British foreign player I've ever met," said Liverpool's left-back Andy Robertson.

Or even that he was scoring goals in the Champions League.

He was still the same guy who had overcome the odds to become a footballer.

"He was an incredible young man - strong personality, great character, and hugely competitive, always with a burning desire to win.

But more than anything, he valued honesty, respected people who were straight with him, and had little time for those who beat around the bush," said Seabra.

He was a football superstar who knew that he would not have made it to the heights he achieved were it not for the help of the Teresas along the way.