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"It is rare in the soccer world to pay a full down payment to a bereaved family."
Liverpool manager Arne Slot thanked Liverpool for paying the full remaining salary to the family of Diogo Jota, who died with his brother Andre Silva in an unexpected car accident in July.
Giogu Jota had a two-year contract left with Liverpool. Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group (FSG) immediately decided to pay Jota's remaining two-year down payment to the bereaved family in full.
Jota's weekly salary is 140,000 pounds (about 260 million won), he earns about 7.2 million pounds (about 13.6 billion won), and the remaining contract balance is about 14 million pounds (about 26.4 billion won).
Jota died in a car accident in northern Spain with his footballer brother while driving to return to pre-season training just 11 days after marrying his childhood sweetheart Rutte Cardoso in July. After the accident, the club announced that it would guarantee the contract to the end.
"The owner is usually the subject of criticism, but it is very rare in the football world to pay the Jota family the remainder of the contract," Slot told TNT Sports. "It was amazing how the fans showed after the tragedy. I was moved by the procession of mourning and remembrance"It also said.
"Even after Jota's death, we had to train again. Sometimes I wonder how his wife and children feel now. It must be really hard, but our lives go on. Sometimes it's really not easy because families and parents know the difficulties they have to continue to face now and in the future."
The slot manager went on to say "The owners are mainly criticized, but it is not common in football for Jota's wife and children to pay the remaining down payment. Maybe people think it's natural, but it's not like that in football."
Jota has scored 65 goals in 182 appearances since moving to Liverpool from Wolverhampton in 2020.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
