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Jose Mourinho spoke at length about Diogo Jota(Image: Sky Sports)

Jose Mourinho has paid a heartfelt tribute to Diogo Jota ahead of the Liverpool forward's funeral on Saturday.

Floral tributes have also been laid out by supporters outside Anfield since the news.

And speaking to Sky Sports on Friday, Mourinho said: "When people leave this world, normally we all say 'such a nice guy'.



Diogo was really a nice guy.

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"He had my agent [Jorge Mendes], so of course I knew a lot about him.

And people in Liverpool know what I’m saying is true.

Maybe one day we will understand but not now."

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The tragedy has also brought back painful memories for Mourinho, who recalled the death of Rui Filipe, a Porto midfielder, in a similar accident in 1994.

"It happened with me many, many years ago when I was working at Porto with Mr Robson," he said.

It was a boy Rui Filipe and we were champions, I think, for him.

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“In Liverpool they’re going to suffer together.