Throughout a three-year keep at Wolves, Jota made 131 appearances for the membership, scoring 44 objectives, together with consecutive hat-tricks within the 2019-20 Europa League victories over Besiktas and Espanyol.

In September 2020, he joined Premier League champions Liverpool in a £41m deal, with Wolves boss Nuno saying Jota is leaving “realizing that it’ll by no means be forgotten, particularly by our followers, all of the memorable moments that Diogo supplied”.

“We had been gutted we had been shedding him as a result of he was that good,” mentioned Coady.

“However on the identical time, you gave him an enormous hug and also you went, you already know what mate, you deserve it greater than anybody. Go and luxuriate in your self. Go and make a reputation for your self at one of many greatest golf equipment as a result of you possibly can definitely do this. And he has accomplished for that a lot of years.”

Coady posted a shifting tribute to his former team-mate on his social media account after listening to the information, which he mentioned he did whereas he “cried my eyes out”.

Within the submit, he describes how he felt grateful listening to his children say “dad, you performed with Jota” when the Liverpool participant got here up on the tv screens – a sense he reiterated once more.

“Folks take a look at soccer and suppose it is all about rivalry. However watching him win the Premier League with Liverpool, it crammed me with immense satisfaction – to say I performed with him and he has gone on to do unbelievable issues,” mentioned Coady.

“He took it by storm, like he took us by storm. Like he then took the Premier league by storm. Like he then took Europa League by storm with Wolves.

“He is then gone and accomplished it with one of many greatest golf equipment within the land. A outstanding footballer, however an excellent higher team-mate, which is 10 occasions extra necessary than being a outstanding footballer for me.”