Liverpool players ‘didn’t care about football’ after Diogo Jota death, Andy Robertson admits

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Andy Robertson has revealed that Liverpool “didn't care about football” last season following the death of his former team-mate and close friend Diogo Jota. Jota died in a road accident last July that also killed his brother, Andre Silva, and Robertson has now opened up on the impact of his passing.

And I think last season we lost the edge, when I look back on it now.“We lost that determination a little bit because there were times where we were going like, well what’s the point? “Look at what Jota’s family are going through, look at his kids.

“Seeing him on the happiest day of his life and then the next week you’re seeing his family torn apart.” Robertson was close friends with Jota, who died at the age of 28 (Getty)Robertson said the environment around Liverpool was particularly difficult for the new signings who arrived at the club that summer, such as Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz. “What we went through, it was horrendous,” Robertson said.