The season is ending too soon for Diogo Jota. He waited a year for a goal. Now he has four in five days to ensure Liverpool’s Champions League hopes still have a pulse.
A week ago, there were questions about where Jota will fit into Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool reboot when a full contingent of strikers are available.
Although he is confident and ultra-competitive, Jota is an understated character. He has a serious manner and little interest in the ostentatious cars and clothes that some footballers spend their wages on.
He is usually seen in tracksuits and T-shirts off the pitch and drives a small Mercedes SUV. Like most of his former Wolves colleagues, he avoids alcohol.
There is pride, but some surprise, in Portugal at how well Jota has performed in England. Before he moved here, he was regarded as a promising talent but not an exceptional one.
Diogo Jota and his fiancée attended the same high school and were quickly attracted to one another upon meeting.
Jota was not a star player when his fiance, Rute, first met him. Rute was not impressed by his money or job; instead, she fell in love with him and vowed to support him in his professional endeavours.
They began dating in 2013 and have remained inseparable ever since. The birth of their child has strengthened their commitment to one another.
