Diogo Jota's wife, Rute Cardoso, has written a letter to Scotland captain Andy Robertson ahead of the World Cup.
She thanks Robertson for his friendship, and for preserving Diogo's memory. Robertson adds he'll have Jota at the forefront of his mind.🙏
Rute Cardoso, Diogo Jota’s wife, sent Andy Robertson a letter ahead of the World Cup, reminding him that Jota’s dream lives on through him.
✍“Andy I’m writing to you with a heart full of longing gratitude and above all pride. Diogo (Jota) often spoke of you, of the friendship you built, the battles you fought together, the challenges, the laughter, the conversations about football and about dreams.
The World Cup was one of those dreams, a dream that the two of you nurtured side by side with the same passion with which you took to the pitch. When I heard your words and learnt what you felt on that day when Scotland qualified for the World Cup after so many years of waiting, I realised that Diogo never truly left the pitch.
By achieving that moment and securing your place at the World Cup, you won’t be going alone; you’ll be taking his dream with you too. And when you step onto the pitch, I know it won’t be just you walking out; Diogo will be with you in your thoughts, in your steps, in your heart.
So, today I want to thank you. Thank you for not forgetting him. Thank you for taking him with you. Thank you for turning the pain of loss into strength and into something so beautiful.
That’s how we do it here at home too, every day. He would be and is incredibly proud of you.
Cherish that dream, Andy. Live it for yourself and for him. With love, gratitude and all my support, Rute Cardoso.”
via HeraldScotland
🚨🎙️Virgil van Dijk on Mo Salah statement about the club.
🗣️| I didn’t interact with this because I know what he’s talking about which is very painful for a great player like him to be leaving a club he has sacrificed and fights for every single minute he’s involved since joining till today.
—- For the dressing room to get fixed is what Mo Salah has been talking about, the standards and how we use to play football over the years Isn’t the same as today, Counter attacking and scoring from those chance, possession and making impact on the pitch has all drained all of a sudden. I respect that as a captain and will love to see this club succeed not just the following seasons but in future as well too.
I have witnessed this club go from doubters to believers, and from believers to champions. It took hard work and I always did everything I could to help the club get there. Nothing makes me prouder than that.
Us crumbling to yet another defeat this season was very painful and not what our fans deserve. I want to see Liverpool go back to being the heavy metal attacking team that opponents fear and back to being a team that wins trophies. That is the football I know how to play and that is the identity that needs to be recovered and kept for good. It cannot be negotiable and everyone that joins this club should adapt to it.
Winning some games here and there is not what Liverpool should be about. All teams win games.
Liverpool will always be a club that means a great deal to me and to my family. I want to see it succeed for long after I have moved on.
As I’ve always said, qualifying to next season’s Champions League is the bare minimum and I will do everything I can to make that happen.