BREAKING: Diogo Jota signs long-term contract with Liverpool

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– Liverpool striker Diogo Jota has signed a new long-term deal, the Merseyside club announced on Tuesday.

– The Portugal international, who has enjoyed a successful start to his time at Anfield, joined from Wolverhampton Wanderers on a five-year deal in 2020 for £45 million.

– The 25-year-old, who scored 15 goals in 35 Premier League appearances last season and helped Liverpool win the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, will sit out their season-opening match against Fulham this weekend with a hamstring injury.

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– The length of the deal was not disclosed by the club.

We are delighted to announce that @DiogoJota18 has signed a new long-term contract with the Reds 🇵🇹
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 2, 2022

– Jota told the club’s website: “Well, [I’m] really proud, I have to say. Obviously since I arrived two years ago I established myself as an important player in this team — that’s what I wanted from the beginning.

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— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 2, 2022

– “Now, signing a new long-term deal, it’s obviously from the club’s perspective proof of the belief in myself as a player. For me, obviously it’s really good to establish I’ll be here for a while. So, the beginning of a new season, let’s do it.”

Let’s do it, @DiogoJota18 👊
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 2, 2022

– He added: “Unfortunately for me I had an upset in this pre-season because I got injured [in the] last game of the season playing with Portugal. 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 teammates and all the staff. We have everything to fight for those titles out there.”

– Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said he is content with his squad after signing Dawin Nunez from Benefica in a club-record fee of €100m, as well as Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen for £6.5m and Fabio Carvalho from Fulham for an undisclosed fee.

– Klopp said: “Unless we have injuries or player sales no, we have our squad. Hopefully, there won’t be any so Liverpool supporters can focus on other things.”