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Diogo Jota signs new five-year contract after impressive impact at Liverpool

His form and development have prompted Liverpool to offer a long-term extension with enhanced personal terms

Liverpool's Diogo Jota has signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool, the Premier League club have announced. Photograph: PA
Liverpool's Diogo Jota has signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool, the Premier League club have announced. Photograph: PA
Andy Hunter
Tue Aug 02 2022 - 12:52

Diogo Jota has signed a lucrative new five-year contract with Liverpool that rewards his impressive impact since arriving from Wolves in 2020.

The Portugal international was only two years into the five-year deal he signed after his £45m transfer. His form and development, however, prompted Liverpool to offer a long-term extension with enhanced personal terms. Talks started between the new sporting director, Julian Ward, and Jota’s agent Jorge Mendes during preseason and came to a swift conclusion on Tuesday.

Jota has scored 34 goals in 85 appearances for Liverpool, with his versatility across the forward line proving a valuable option for Jürgen Klopp. The 25 year-old’s new contract means that, with the notable exception of Roberto Firmino, who is in the final 12 months of his deal, Liverpool have their attack of Mohamed Salah, Darwin Núñez, Luis Díaz and Jota secured for the long term.

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Jota is recovering from a hamstring injury that has curtailed his preseason and will miss Saturday’s Premier League opener at Fulham.

“Unfortunately for me I had an upset in this preseason because I got injured (in the) last game of the season playing with Portugal,” Jota said. “So I was coming back in this preseason, I felt it a little bit again. So it will be a few more weeks, I would say.

“When you fight for everything, like we did last year, you just want to do it again and to do it better, because it’s possible. That drive is in me and I know it’s in my team-mates and all the staff. We have everything to fight for those titles out there.” — Guardian