Jurgen Klopp heartbreakingly opens up on what he did after hearing Diogo Jota news

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Recalling how he found out about Jota's passing in an appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Klopp said: "I got a message in the morning - ‘boss, I have bad news.’ "Then I got a message from a friend from Liverpool. I could not believe it.

I heard it and I knew what it meant, but I could not believe it. I know exactly where I was, I know exactly how long I sat there without speaking a word.

"It’s [like losing] a family member, it’s exactly like that." Klopp said that Liverpool could never have imagined that it would have to contend with such an incident in the off-season, and suggested that it had an impact on Liverpool's plans ahead of the start of the season. Everybody wanted this boy to spend the next 10 years at Liverpool, all-around player, can play all positions, football smart." Diogo Jota died in a car crash in July (Image: Getty Images) He added: "I cannot imagine the dressing room without him, it’s so hard, it’s so hard.