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Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool had to navigate the “impossible” after losing Diogo Jota

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“And now as a club take all the emotional stuff out and think, ‘How do we replace him?’ Wow, that’s difficult, impossible I would say. “I remember still when I saw him play for the first time for Wolves.



I saw him and I said, ‘Please give me more material, I need to see him’. It was an incredible shock, and that’s for the boys as well.” Klopp opens up on learning the tragic news Klopp also spoke openly about the moment he was told the tragic news, saying: “I got a message in the morning, ‘Boss, I have bad news’.

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.