It is both devastating and tragic to hear news about Diogo Jota.
My first memory of him at Wolves was only of his talent and the excitement he delivered every week and played alongside Raul Jimenez.
The way they played under Nuno Espirito Santo, they were incredibly successful and many of them was due to Jota's brilliance.
In the Nuno teams you always trust that front two to play and link together and although he played as a center, he was always an incredibly versatile player, not a typical no. 9. He could fall deep, link things and he always had that eye for a goal.
Jota arrived in England without the profile and the headlines of some of his teammates from Portugal, but within the game he was someone who was always highly respected and highly regarded.
Not only for his assets such as Finisher, but also as a player who could do the lot and be super versatile. He was able to play as a no. 9, behind, in broad areas, and was always really consistent.
He was an excellent player and lost him in his prime, it is tragic.
The outpouring of sorrow and emotion is no surprise whatsoever for a player who came to appreciate football fans around the world.
It is easy for fans to make a band with intelligent football players and that was what he was.
I always thought he was one of those players who was hard to pin and when I say that I mean the variety of positions in which he played. He was a wanderer, elusive, would drive to areas to find the ball and he could link.
His finish, whether it was the left foot, the right foot or a header … he was just really instinctive in the box and really intelligent as a football player.
His reputation grew here with what he could do at Wolves and although a few eyebrows had been built when he went to Liverpool, he fluctuated there and turned out to be so valuable under Jurgen Klopp and also for Arne Slot last season.
He has always overtaken with important goals. He always had that talent, that ability to change a game, even when he came from the bank.
If you look at the diversity of attackers they had, he gave them something completely different. He was a player who was so different from others.
And if you look back on all his time at Wolves, they have never really been able to replace him or his qualities.
Jota was really unique in his kind.