Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes it will be difficult for the Reds to do without late Diogo Jota.

Recall that Jota died alongside his brother in July in a car crash in Spain as he journeyed back to the United Kingdom ahead of the start of preseason training with Liverpool.

Speaking on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Klopp revealed how Jota’s death has impacted him.

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“You cannot be prepared to deal with things like that. Today we talk about the transfer window that would have looked completely different,” Klopp said on Steven Bartlett’s The Diary of a CEO podcast.

“You have to sort the things that you never expected you would have had to think about. Everybody wanted this boy to spend the next 10 years at Liverpool, all-around player, can play all positions, football smart.

“I cannot imagine the dressing room right now without him being there. That’s for the boys as well. Nobody at Liverpool will ever use it as an excuse…. He was so close with James Milner, very close with Kostas Tsimiskas, that’s moon and mars. Dealing with it on a personal level… Impossible.”