Staggering amount Liverpool have agreed to pay Diogo Jota's family speaks volumes
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Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva died in a car accident in Spain in July 2025Eight months have passed since the shocking death of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva. Last September, head coach Arne Slot also confirmed Fenway Sports Group would pay the rest of the forward’s contract in full to Rute and their children.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FB PAGE!
The 28-year-old's performances after signing from Wolves in 2020 helped Liverpool win the FA Cup, League Cup and the Premier League.READ MORE: Steven Gerrard becomes the second Liverpool legend to demand Arne Slot make changeREAD MORE: 'I was approached by Liverpool coach in McDonald's – I turned Everton down in a heartbeat'Speaking in September, Slot said: “The way the fans conducted themselves after that tragedy, how many flowers there were, all the memorials, I can almost get emotional thinking about it. It’s unbelievable what our fans have done and our players as well, the way they have conducted themselves in and around the funeral.“And then we have to train again.
There are moments where I feel: ‘What must his wife and his children feel now?’ It sounds so hard but our life continues."People expect from me that I prepare them for ever and that sometimes feels a bit difficult knowing how hard it is for the family and for the parents in the phase they are still going through and will go through for the rest of their lives.“Owners are mainly criticised, like managers, but the way they’ve handled this situation by paying his wife and his children all the money from the contract is … Maybe people think it’s normal, but it is not in football.”Liverpool and Wolves will meet in the FA Cup fifth round on Friday night.The FA Cup fixture is the second time this week that Liverpool and Wolves have met. Slot's side lost 2-1 to Rob Edwards's team in the Premier League on Tuesday night.Both sets of fans used the 18th minute of the fixture to sing about Jota in unison, with the game representing the first tie between the sides at Molineux since the brothers' passing.The Liverpool supporters in the away end displayed a banner of their own, which read: 'Obrigado Diogo, forever our number 20'.Jota spent three seasons at Molineux between 2017 and 2020, helping them earn promotion to the Premier League.