PARIS: Diogo Jota’s widow said in a letter to Scotland captain Andy Robertson she is sure her late husband will be in his “heart” when he leads the side out for their opening match in the World Cup on Saturday. Jota and Robertson became close friends during their time at Liverpool before the former’s spell there was cruelly cut short when he died, aged 28, in a car crash last July.

Diogo Jota's wife, Rute Cardoso, has penned an emotional letter to Andy Robertson as she hailed the ex-Liverpool star's World Cup achievement and claimed his former team-mate…

The Scot and Portuguese were close friends at Liverpool and Rute Cardoso, Jota’s widow, wrote: ‘The two of you nurtured a World Cup dream’