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Tragic Diogo left indelible mark on Molineux faithful
Birmingham Mail
|July 04, 2025
The football community has been paying its respects to Liverpool, Portugal and former Wolverhampton Wanderers star Diogo Jota following his death in a car crash in Spain
EVERYONE who watched Wolves between 2017 and 2020 knew how fortunate they were.
Wolves hadn’t seen a team that good in a generation.
It was driven by a Portuguese manager, Nuno Espirito Santo, and two Portuguese players making their way in the game, Ruben Neves and Diogo Jota.
While Neves made everything appear beautiful, Jota was a force of nature that absolutely nobody wanted to play against.
Rather than drop a shoulder or perform a step-over to outwit his marker, Jota would invariably bulldoze his way through like a 5ft 9ins wrecking ball. It wasn't always pleasing on the eye, but by God it was effective.
Jota, 20 at the time, made light work of the Championship with 17 goals for a title-winning Wolves side before making the Premier League his home.
This story is from the July 04, 2025 edition of Birmingham Mail.
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