When Liverpool kicks off the domestic football season next month against Crystal Palace in the Community Shield, Diogo Jota’s song will likely be heard at Wembley Stadium.
Jota and his younger brother Andre Silva died in a fatal car crash on Thursday, a development that has turned the football world into mourning.
As the tributes over the last few days have shown, the forward was well-liked by Liverpool fans for his cleverness and goal-scoring ability, and he was rewarded with his own anthem on the terraces.
Referenced by Liverpool manager Arne Slot in an emotional tribute, the song – a play on Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival, goes:
“Oh, he wears the number 20.
He will take us to victory.
And when he’s running down the left wing,
He’ll cut inside and score for LFC.
He’s a lad from Portugal.
Better than Figo, don’t you know,
Oh, his name is Diogo!”
