Diogo Jota had ‘real bond’ with Liverpool, says fan group leader

Gareth Roberts feels retiring Jota's number 20 shirt would be a fitting tribute following the forward's death

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00:00There was a real bond between Diogo and Anfield and the Liverpool supporters, the Kop.

00:06Obviously he had a fantastic song which was sung with Gusto every week and not every player gets a song

00:13and not every player who gets a song has his song sung every time he plays or even when he's on the bench

00:20and Diogo had that. People would often see him out and about, he'd be on his bike or things like that

00:26and he would always have time for people and he was willing to give people his time

00:30and you never heard really a bad word about him so he was quite a nice, warm human being

00:36but on the actual football pitch, he had something about him.

00:41He had a bit of fight about him, a bit of character about him, a bit of needle about him

00:45and we liked that about him, that's what you want to see as a fan.

00:49I think it's quite fitting in a way that he wore number 20, Liverpool won title number 20

00:55and it feels to me like the move might now be that, you know, that shirt is retired

00:59and in his memory I think that would be fitting. I think a lot of people are saying the same thing.

01:04That's where attentions are starting to turn as it's starting to sink in that this is real,

01:10you know, what can be done to sort of honour his name really.