Diogo Jota Tribute

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has died in a car accident in Spain. The 28-year-old was travelling with his brother, Andre Silva, in the Zamora region of Sanabria when the incident occurred. According to the Zamora provincial council, firefighters attended the scene on the A52, known as the Palacios de Sanabria, after the vehicle caught fire. Emergency services were called to the scene shortly before 1am on Thursday morning, with the vehicle heading towards nearby Benavente. Local reports have claimed the accident was the result of a blown-out tyre. The Portugal international married long-time partner Rute Cardoso on June 22. They have three children. Tributes have poured in for the Liverpool striker. In this podcast, the journalists of the Liverpool Echo’s Blood Red podcast pay their own tribute. *#BeMoreDan: Fascinating Tales From Liverpool’s Incredible History* https://reachsportshop.com/book/lfc-stories/ Download SAILY in your app store and use our code bloodred at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase. For further details go to https://saily.com/bloodred Get exclusive Liverpool FC podcasts and video content everyday right here. Subscribe to the Blood Red Liverpool FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3OkL9iT Listen and subscribe to the Blood Red Podcast for all your latest Liverpool FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HfBvKq SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/3SdsjeH Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoLFC Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoLFC Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodred_lfc Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloodred_lfc Subscribe to us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bloodredliverpoolfc Download our Liverpool FC app for free: Apple - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/lfc-echo/id1255495425 Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mirror.liverpoolfc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Blood Red podcast from the Liverpool Echo, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.
0:11.1	Hello everyone and welcome to the Blood Red podcast from the Liverpool Echo. I'm your host Joe Rimmer, joined today by Theo and Paul to talk about.
0:18.1	Some absolutely devastating news to wake up to today um i love pull forward
0:23.6	diogo jota has died at the age of 28 killed in a car crash alongside his brother andre in
0:29.4	Spain um paul uh just unimaginable news really um you know been this job a a long time but some days just hit you like a
0:40.8	brick don't they it's it's incredibly yeah certainly not a type of story we used to cover in as
0:46.2	sports reporters is it we normally talk about Liverpool Sanctuary news you know whatever's
0:51.2	happening games matches tactics all that sort of stuff but this is just um you know a human story isn't it a heartbreaking piece of news that has left you know
0:59.9	obviously family friends and and colleagues of diogo jota heartbroken really um just the total
1:05.2	shock to the system you know everyone connected to liverpool whether it be the reporters who like us
1:09.9	who cover it day and day out,
1:11.3	obviously the people at the club, the players, the fans, you know, it's just a general worldwide
1:17.4	bubble. It's just, you know, everyone's in morning, aren't they today? Just horrendous news
1:21.3	to wake up to, to have to report on and try and do some digging on and on earth some news
1:26.0	of what has happened so we you
1:28.7	know we believe that the accident happened around about 1230 a.m. this morning in northern
1:33.7	Spain you know some reports that were just breaking as we were coming on to record
1:38.3	this podcast suggested that he was on his way to make a ferry was it to towards
1:42.7	Liverpool he was obviously scheduled to be back in preseason
1:45.8	training imminently having enjoyed some holiday time and you know he played for portugal didn't he
1:51.5	at the nation's league last month um he's been married what 10 days is something like that um married to
1:58.3	his long-time partner on the 22nd of June, three children
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