When Diogo Jota signed for Liverpool from Wolverhampton Wanderers in the summer of 2020, there was a handful of sneers from sections of the Midlands club's supporters who thought they had raided the Reds' transfer gurus of £45m in exchange for the Portugal international.
Jota ended his three-year stay at the Molineux, whom he had joined from Atletico Madrid in the summer of 2017 on an initial loan, and arrived on Merseyside largely as an unknown quantity. Doubts, if there were to be any lingering from those at Anfield, were quickly eliminated as he fired an impressive 13 goals in 30 outings during his maiden season with the Reds - one which was blighted by a significant spell on the sidelines.
However, the 25-year-old's second campaign on Merseyside was one which started with an ample amount of promise as his early season form saw him earmarked as Mohamed Salah's closest competitor for the Premier League Golden Boot, firing 10 league goals before the turn of the year. But following the premature signing of Luis Diaz in January from FC Porto, coupled with Sadio Mane's Anfield resurgence, Jota found minutes and goals hard to come by as he added just five league goals to his impressive pre-Christmas tally.
