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Sanya talks about Jota: Reds players need to open up, this is what I did after my brother passed away

5:11am, 19 July 2025【Football】

July 19th News Liverpool striker Jota died in a car accident earlier this month. Now the team has begun training to prepare for the new season. Arsenal's former player Sarnia empathized with this. In February 2008, Sarnia's brother passed away due to an accident.

Sania said: "Red players will always think about this because there will be an empty space in the locker room, an empty space at lunch, and on the bus. I suggest they open up, we are all people first, we spend more time with teammates than with family, so it's really hard to accept. No one can explain why this happened, but you have to keep moving forward and you have to try to deal with it, although it's really difficult."

Speaking of how I feel after my brother passed away, Saania said : "I can't adjust my mind. That was my second season at Arsenal. I started making some low-level mistakes, and children would make mistakes. It's hard for me to control the ball, and my brain seemed to be in slow motion. Some players in Liverpool may have the same mood. They may not be able to devote themselves to football because they will always think about it."

At first, Sarnia refused to accept psychological counseling. He was unwilling to show his vulnerability in front of strangers, and even believed that psychological counseling was just "the knowledge learned from books." But at the advice of Arsenal psychologists, Sarnia began to accept it.

He said: "We talked about a lot of things, and most importantly, I felt a relief. After that conversation I felt relieved and I was thinking, 'Why didn't I open up early?' because I didn't have the courage and didn't realize the importance of expression.

"I thought the other person couldn't understand me, but they had contacted a lot of people, heard a lot of stories, and we talked about a lot of things about numbers. Talk can be a release, and it's really important. I can recall the past and turn it into something positive, so I think Liverpool players should probably try to do that. ”