Joao Felix mentioned Monday that Portugal team-mate and shut buddy Diogo Jota will “eternally be part of soccer historical past” following the Liverpool star’s demise aged 28.

Jota was killed together with brother Andre Silva when their Lamborghini went off the highway in northern Spain on July 3.

Simply 11 days previous to the accident, the Portuguese ahead had married Rute Cardoso, the mom of his three youngsters.

The Premier League remembered Jota over the weekend in a sequence of transferring tributes.

Including his voice to the outpouring of grief throughout the soccer world, Felix seemed visibly moved as he spoke about his good buddy and worldwide colleague.

Felix, who was among the many mourners on the brothers’ funeral, mentioned: “Diogo to me was certainly one of my greatest mates within the nationwide workforce, he was all the time a part of our mini group within the nationwide workforce, these of us who had been all the time collectively.

“I knew his household, particularly his mother and father, an unbelievable household.”

Talking in Hong Kong, the place Felix is along with his new workforce Al Nassr for this week’s Saudi Tremendous Cup, the 25-year-old added: “I feel he’ll eternally be part of soccer historical past, he’ll stay within the hearts of those that had been already near him.

“After that day, each time we go on the sector we’ll keep in mind him and play partially for him.”

The attacker Felix joined fellow Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo at Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr late final month from Chelsea in a transfer reported to be value as much as 43.7 million kilos ($58 million).

Felix, who has additionally performed for Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and AC Milan, will reportedly earn $10 million a yr.

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