I still talk to Diogo Jota – we message in WhatsApp group with him and wife Rute

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Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, lost their lives in a tragic car crash almost a year to the day ago, and one of the Liverpool legend's former team-mates still sends him messagesRuben Neves has explained that he still sends Diogo Jota messages, almost a year on from the Liverpool icon's tragic death. Few people know this."We have a WhatsApp group with Rute (Jota's widow) and Diogo, and it's still there, and we continue to talk there.

Whenever something special happens, I have the conversations archived on my WhatsApp so I can continue to send him messages."Neves also described the day after he learned of Jota's death as "the most difficult day," of his life. It comes after Jota's widow, Rute Cardoso, marked their wedding anniversary last week with the former footballer's speech he gave as they tied the knot.The two married on June 22 last year, just over a week before Jota's death, having been together for more than a decade and welcoming three children into the world.

And on the day of their anniversary, Rute shared Jota's heartfelt speech to her on Instagram.The Reds legend said in the clip: "Where the future takes us, maybe there's someone here who knows better than I do. I love you forever, my ‘Branquinha.'"It comes with Portugal paying tribute to their late team-mate at this summer's World Cup in North America, as the anniversary of his death approaches.