Overview

• Speaking on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Klopp described being left speechless after a morning message about Jota’s death and said the loss felt like that of a family member.
• Jota and his brother, André Filipe Teixeira da Silva, died in a car crash in Spain’s Zamora province in July.
• Signed from Wolves for £41m in 2020, Jota made 182 Liverpool appearances and scored 65 goals, winning the FA Cup and Carabao Cup and playing in the 2022 Champions League final.
• Klopp praised Jota’s presence and noted his close bonds with James Milner and Kostas Tsimikas as tributes and calls for a permanent Anfield memorial continue.
• Now head of football operations at Red Bull, Klopp said he is content away from day‑to‑day coaching but did not rule out a theoretical return to manage Liverpool in the future.