Premier League: Diogo Jota signs multi-year Liverpool contract extension ahead of new season

Diogo Jota has signed a brand new five-year contract to stay at Anfield till 2027.

Jota joined from Wolves in 2020 and was a key participant in Liverpool’s cup double final season and proved important when Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane have been on the Africa Cup of Nations.

He scored 21 instances in all competitions for the Reds and has adopted up Salah, who dedicated his future to Liverpool in June, in signing a brand new long-term deal.

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“Properly, [I’m] actually proud, I’ve to say,” Jota advised the Liverpool web site after signing his new contract.

“Clearly since I arrived two years in the past I established myself as an necessary participant on this staff – that’s what I wished from the start.

“Now, signing a brand new long-term deal, it’s clearly from the membership’s perspective proof of the assumption in myself as a participant. For me, clearly it’s actually good to determine I’ll be right here for some time.

“So, the start of a brand new season, let’s do it.”

Jota to overlook begin of Premier League season

The Portuguese worldwide is at present recovering from a hamstring harm which prevented him from taking part in in Liverpool’s pre-season video games.

Jota has revealed he can be out of motion till late August on the newest, so will miss Liverpool’s Premier League matches towards Fulham, Crystal Palace and Manchester United.

“Sadly for me I had an upset on this pre-season as a result of I received injured [in the] final sport of the season taking part in with Portugal,” he added. “So I used to be coming again on this pre-season, I felt it just a little bit once more. So it will likely be a couple of extra weeks, I’d say.

“While you combat for every thing, like we did final yr, you simply wish to do it once more and to do it higher, as a result of it’s doable.

“That drive is in me and I do know it’s in my team-mates and all of the workers. We now have every thing to combat for these titles on the market.”

Jota’s season will depend on Nunez’s type

Jurgen Klopp is prone to subject a beginning entrance three of Salah, Luis Diaz and new signing Darwin Nunez within the center.

Jota has been counted on over the past two years to come back in at any time and ship, as Klopp can be hoping to rotate his gamers ought to Liverpool go deep in a number of competitions.

The 25-year-old has proved to be a dependable asset for Liverpool going ahead and may Nunez not meet expectations or get injured, Jota will nearly definitely be favoured over Roberto Firmino to fill the function up entrance.