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James Milner has revealed that he had a catch-up with Diogo Jota the night before his tragic passing.

The new season has just started, and Liverpool’s opening match had one thing in common — every goalscorer paid tribute to Jota.

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The former Liverpool star said: “Nothing major, just checking in and asking each other how things were going… Someone asked, ‘Is that true?’ and I didn’t know at that point.

I messaged someone at Liverpool to try to find out and… just horrific.

Not many tougher days than that.”

He continued: “I loved the guy, absolutely loved him.

Loved him as a player, loved him even more as a team-mate and a friend, absolutely loved him.

Every day when I put my kit on, I’ll think of him.”

Recalling their time together at Anfield, Milner said: “We were only together at Liverpool for three seasons and you might not have thought we had much in common — different nationalities, very different ages — but we hit it off immediately.