Born in 1996 (doesn’t that make you feel old!) there’s a good chance Diogo Jota’s father will have had dreams of his son becoming something like Paulo Futre, a legend of Portuguese football.
The now 52 year old played for clubs in six different countries and represented his country more than 40 times.
In 1987 he came second behind Rudd Gullit in the Ballon d’Or, having played for Porto and Atletico Madrid in the previous year, and in that year he was also named Portuguese Footballer of the Year, as he had been the year before.
He won trophies with Porto, Atletico Madrid, Benfica and AC Milan.
Therefore, it will be nice for Jota that Futre has used some of his Sunday Record column to send praise to the Wolves player after his goal against Chelsea in midweek.
There’s a great deal of goodwill in the Portuguese media towards Wolves, as the club’s fans will know, and there’s also a lot of interest in Jota’s future.
Hopefully, Futre’s message makes it through to the 22 year old, and also his proud family.
