Overview
- A Liverpool documentary released Tuesday features Jota describing how scoring the late Merseyside derby winner in April capped his efforts during a challenging season.
- Spanish Guardia Civil forensic teams are still examining tyre tread, wreckage and speed data to determine whether a blowout or excessive speed caused the July 3 crash, with no report submitted to court yet.
- Liverpool has retired Jota’s No. 20 shirt, unveiled plans for a permanent sculpture outside Anfield and added a ‘Forever 20’ emblem to its new kit, with profits from shirt printing pledged to the LFC Foundation.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers inducted Jota into their hall of fame and will display floral tributes, a commemorative tifo at Molineux and eventually a permanent memorial in recognition of his five-year spell at the club.
- Fans and local clubs in Gondomar and Liverpool have already installed murals and host minute’s silences, while charitable initiatives are in development to preserve his legacy beyond these tributes.