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'I'll never forget what Diogo Jota did for me at Liverpool - what he gave me was special'

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“But he is a top lad and I wanted his shirt. He and I swapped.



Just people who I’m mates with or I’ve played with before. But Diogo is my favourite one.“I wasn’t really as close with him as the older players would have been but I think, going into that squad at a young age, apart from Andy Robertson, it was probably him who I spoke to the most, looked after me and gave me advice.“When what happened, happened, I looked back and knew I had his top sitting in a box somewhere.

“I was a bit disappointed by the way we went out and things like that but I think, personally, I enjoyed the games and gave a decent account of myself.“I wish I could have done more to try to get us through, but the experience was brilliant. You play against them and it’s just business as usual.“But when he came on, for a split second I was like ‘whoa, that’s Neymar coming on’ it was a bit surreal.