Beto: Join Everton Jota is the first to send a text message. He is really a good person

September 20th News In the fifth round of the Premier League this weekend, Liverpool will play Everton at home and stage a Merseyside derby.

Everton striker Beto said in an exclusive interview that the late Liverpool player Jota gave him enthusiastic help when he joined Everton, but he also admitted that he would not expect Reds fans to "let him go" in the weekend derby.

Betto said that he and Jota were not very familiar with him outside the court, but when he joined Everton from Udinese two years ago, Jota still contacted him.

Speaking of Jota's death, Beto said: "The day the bad news came, I was at my home in Portugal, preparing to go to Manchester to compete in the preseason. I was shocked because Diogo was really a good person.

"We are not friends, but you know, when you compete with fellow Portugals, we usually stop and chat for a while. There are fellow villagers like B Fee and B Se, but when I joined Everton, he (Jota) was the first person to send me a text message. ”

"We will chat for a while after each play with Liverpool. We are not good friends, but we will chat for a while. He is really a very good person. I would say hello to him: ‘Is everything OK? ’

" (I heard that he died) is very sad. It really makes me very sad."

"When Everton said he wanted me to pay homage to him, I said I go, I go. Because he is really a very, very good person. Not only because he is a Portuguese, we are a little familiar with him, but also because he is a humble and good person.

"You can see what everyone says about him. Do you know? This is really a very sad thing. ”

Speaking of his feelings about going to Anfield to express his condolences, Beto said: “It’s good, I saw the unity between the two teams. This is not only the unity between the teams, but more of the fans.

"A lot of Everton fans are sad, even if he is an opponent, it's not just a football matter. It's life, life is more important than football.

"If I go to Anfield on Saturday, they might boo me, which is normal. Fans would not think: Beto is a good person because he went to offer flowers to Jota. This is different.

"They went to the stadium for football, but they were also humans, and I had no objection to it (being booed).

" Of course, I would respect Jota and the Liverpool community. But I also said that this is a derby battle – I need to go there and try to win, score goals, and fight for everything. ”

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