Liverpool FC announced Friday that the club will posthumously retire Jota's number across the organization, announcing the honor a week after the Portuguese forward died in a car crash.

The thousands of messages, the global re-enactments of his celebration, and the emergence of a memorial mural in Merseyside speak volumes.

"The move is recognition of not only the immeasurable contribution our lad from Portugal made to the Reds' on-pitch successes over the last five years, but also the profound personal impact he had on...