'I was in Liverpool squad after Diogo Jota died - we didn't care about football anymore'

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More Info."That's why I probably have so much sympathy in football terms towards the new signings, because I think they came into a team that was, like... we were elite in everything that we did for years."And maybe we couldn't be that because of what had happened. That's the way I would do it."He continued: "I think all footballers, we all have that edge, don't we?

And I think last season we lost the edge."I think when I look back on it now, I think we lost that determination a little bit and things like that because I know at times we were maybe going, "You know what, what's the point?"Like look at what Jota's family are going through. "Like our pre-season was barely anything because, to be fair to Arne, he was like, "If you don't want to train, you don't train.A tribute to Diogo Jota outside of Anfield laid by Andy Robertson (Image: Getty)"Say one day you come in and you're struggling or whatever, that was his attitude of the pre-season."We had a psychologist that worked in the club anyway and he kind of set up little groups and it would just be like, if you want to grab a coffee and come round and talk and things like that."So we did that quite a few times, and I think that helped.

We managed to get through it together, I think, and we always just said, 'Look, we'll always remember him,' and everything like that."But we had to play football at the end of the day. We tried to do it as best we could and that's why last season was so tough."He continued: "It's a difficult one.