By LEWIS STEELE, FOOTBALL REPORTER

Published: 08:22, 20 October 2025 | Updated: 08:22, 20 October 2025

Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has opened up on the tragic loss of Diogo Jota — and said it felt like losing a family member.

Reds striker Jota was killed in a road accident alongside his brother Andre Silva in early July and Klopp said he sat in silence for a long time after finding out the devastating news about the man he signed from Wolves.

Speaking to the Diary of a CEO podcast, the now head of football operations at Red Bull said: ‘I cannot imagine the dressing room right now without him being there. That’s for the boys as well.

‘Nobody at Liverpool will ever use it as an excuse…. He was so close with James Milner, very close with Kostas Tsimiskas, that’s Moon and Mars. Dealing with it on a personal level… impossible.

Jurgen Klopp has described the tragic passing of Diogo Jota as like losing a 'family member'

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