Former Wolves Boss Nuno Espirito Santo, who signed Jota on loan before joining the club permanently, told BBC Sport:
He was a young lad (when he arrived at Wolves) but a special one – warm, humble and determined to repay the faith and effort that had been put into him.
Like every player, it was difficult for him at first. The championship is an extremely tough competition, especially for those coming from abroad. But it was this challenge that helped shape Diogo into the player he later became.
He never gave up and when things didn’t go the way he wanted, he never put his head down.
At the risk of sounding cliché, it’s simply true. Everyone loved Diogo, absolutely everyone. Everyone in the club, everyone in the locker room. Every.
Even now it is difficult to think about him without sadness. He was an extraordinary young man and we all miss him dearly.
Former Wolves Defender Conor Coady, who won the 2018 title with Jota, told BBC Sport:
There are only good memories left with Diogo. The biggest memory is not winning games and scoring goals, but what happened in the dressing room and what a friend he was. He was an incredible man with such integrity and humility and I will remember him forever.
He was truly a dream teammate and when you add in the fact that he was an incredible footballer, he was everything you wanted.
He is one of the best team players I have ever seen. He showed his selfless nature every day with us. From the first day he arrived at Wolves, you saw his competitive nature, which also set him apart from others.
He desperately wanted to win, even in tennis. When the Portuguese guys came, it helped create a culture that none of us had really seen, and he was the first to bring it. Diogo was a different animal, an absolute beast.
Even before I met him, I admired him and Ruben Neves for coming over from Portugal at such a young age. To leave one of the biggest teams in Portugal, Porto, as Ruben did, and come to the championship is a huge leap.
But the players who came to Wolverhampton changed my life for the better. They made me a better player and a better person and anyone who was in the Wolves dressing room at the time will tell you the same.
I remember when he first came in and I thought, “I don’t think he knows how tough the championship is going to be,” because a lot of people come in and think, “Oh, it’s just the second division.”
But Diogo was completely different. He was professional, dedicated and a really smart guy. From the very beginning you knew he meant business and you saw it when we got promoted on the first try.
Sometimes when players come from different countries, they get a little caught up in themselves. I don’t know who I would be if I moved abroad.
But he and the Portuguese guys who came were different. They talked, talked to the guys, organized events off the field and invited everyone else. He threw himself into absolutely everything.
Whenever I think of Diogo, I think of his goal in the FA Cup quarter-final for Wolves against Manchester United, with a place at Wembley on the line. We were on the counter-attack, he came out on the halfway line, waved away Luke Shaw, then Diogo, who mostly played with his right foot, dragged him onto his left foot and fired it in at the near post.
This goal was scored by Diogo Jota because not many players could score such a goal. But he could. I admired this tenacity.
I was over the moon for him on a personal level when he moved to Liverpool. It was a little strange because when he missed our game, the guys started talking because Diogo never stopped playing.
The rumor mill in the dressing room picked up speed and then Ruben (Neves) told us. Sometimes when team-mates leave you are devastated and of course I was his team-mate but it was such a huge opportunity to go to a football club like Liverpool.
I’m really happy for him for what he’s achieved and when he came back to the training ground we took a photo with him. If you were to pick any club for Diogo, you would choose Liverpool over Wolverhampton. He gave everything and more to both clubs.
Sharing a dressing room with Diogo was an absolute honor.