Diogo Jota admits two players are better finishers than him and makes surprise Liverpool transfer claim

Diogo Jota has admitted one Liverpool team-mate is a better finisher than him and revealed the one rival player he would love to see the Reds sign

 

 

 

Diogo Jota has admitted that he thinks Mohamed Salah is a higher finisher than him. And the Portuguese striker has additionally found out he could to play along Bernardo Silva at Liverpool.

 

 

 

 

Jota has frequently been taken into consideration because the Reds’ maximum herbal finisher beforehand of his team-mate Salah with the likes of Jamie Carragher evaluating him to fellow membership legend Robbie Fowler withinside the past

 

 

Scoring sixty four dreams from 164 appearances for Liverpool, the 28-year- antique has netted 8 dreams from 19 suits this season

 

However, as has been the case at some point of his Reds career, Jota has once more been stung through damage in the course of the contemporary campaign.

 

The Portugal worldwide ignored eleven video games in advance withinside the season with an top frame effect damage at the same time as he has sat out the remaining 3 suits with a muscular problem suffered towards Nottingham Forest – a sport wherein he scored Liverpool’s equalising aim off the bench

 

 

 

 

In contrast, Salah has scored 23 dreams in all competitions thus far this season from 32 appearances, having commenced all 29 of the Reds’ Premier League and Champions League suits to date.

 

The Egyptian has damaged the 20- dreams barrier in all 8 of his seasons with the membership while Jota has controlled the feat as soon as in 5 years.

 

Coming in 2021/22 wherein he made fifty five appearances, he alternatively averaged 30 appearances in his 3 complete campaigns on the membership , together along with his availability proscribing his contributions in the front of aim

 

 

Such absences have usually ensured he has by no means been in a role to rival Salah proper on the pinnacle of the scoring charts. But Jota has admitted that he considers Liverpool’s talisman to be a higher finisher than him, and found out he believes himself to be the 1/3 pleasant goalscorer withinside the Premier League.

 

“(Erling) Haaland, Mo,” he stated while requested who the pleasant finishers withinside the league were. “(I’m) In the following tier, withinside the subsequent tier. I suppose those are the pleasant ones, then I is probably subsequent .

 

“I suppose he (Salah) wishes to be withinside the discussion (as Liverpool’s finest ever participant ) for certain , yeah. I warfare to examine instances to be honest, due to the fact it’s so different. But for certain he wishes to be in that conversation

 

 

 

Meanwhile, Jota picked Bernardo Silva while requested which participant he would love to look the Reds signal from a rival team. However, he admitted that he does now no longer experience looking the Manchester City big name play in the course of the season because of their rival allegiances.

 

“For me, it’s Bernardo Silva. He’s very clever. Outstanding participant ,” he stated . “Well… (laughs while requested if he likes looking him play for Man City). Yeah ( we’re buddies in the course of the season), while we visit Portugal education camps.

 

“He is certainly considered one among my pleasant buddies there. We have a bit group. But he’s a rival in the course of the season so I don’t virtually experience him. Ahhh, this man once more

 

 

 

Jota additionally picked his 3 preferred Liverpool team- pals while talking to ESPN. With Trent Alexander-Arnold an anticipated respond from the forward, Jota additionally opted for Alexis Mac Allister and Joel Matip.

 

“It wishes to be a person who offers me assists!” he stated . “Trent, Macca. I used to like gambling with Matip, Joel.

 

“Everything. The manner he defended, the manner he is taking the ball forward, he gave me multiple assists as well. He become an excellent participant for me.”