06/07/2025
Trent Alexander-Arnold dedicated his performance at the Club World Cup win to Diogo Jota 💔
🗣️ “I want to send my condolences, my love, my thoughts and prayers to the family of a close friend of mine. It’s been very difficult for me and all the ones that knew him - not just team-mates, friends and family, but the footballing world.
“It’s been very emotional and heartwarming to see the football world unite and come together to show their love and support to him and his family and his brother as well.
“I’ve been in and around him and his brother, his family, his amazing wife, his parents, his amazing three children, so it’s truly truly heartbreaking to wake up to news like that. It’s something you would never ever expect.
“He was a very close friend, someone who lit up a room when he was in it. I shared a dressing room with him for five years, amazing memories on and off the pitch with him. He will never be forgotten by anyone. He will live long in our memories for the man and player he was.
“No matter how difficult it was and how difficult it is, I still have a job to do do. As hard as it was, I had to try to push it to the back of my mind. It was difficult, I’m not going to lie about that.
"I’ve done it in honour of my close friend. That’s what I’m sure he would have wanted me to do and we would have had a laugh and a joke about the assist. That was in some way in memory of him. He was there with me today I’m sure." ❤️
