Diogo Jota - died in car crash RIP
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It wouldn't surprise me if they said just add another two to the divisible number. Then donate that amount. That way everyone chips in the same amount.
Whatever the amount that’s all class from Chelsea.
Credit where credit is due.
Credit where credit is due.
Chelsea to give share of Club World Cup player bonuses to family of Diogo Jota, Andre Silva
Jota and his brother died in a car accident in Spain on July 3, 10 days prior to Chelsea's Club World Cup final victory.
www.nytimes.com
The west London club were crowned champions of FIFA’s newly-expanded tournament in July, defeating Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Their success in the tournament earned the club an estimated $114.6million (£84.4m).
Chelsea have subsequently allocated a $15.5m (£11.4m) fund to be distributed equally between the players who represented Enzo Maresca’s side during the tournament, with a decision made jointly between club and players that an equal payment will also be made to Jota’s family.
The overall value of each portion tallies more than $500k before it’s subjected to currency conversion costs from US dollars into UK pound sterling, alongside relevant employer costs, taxes and social security costs.
To be fair £25k for each member of the Chelsea squad is something like £15m.
But regardless, it's a great gesture. It's clear from the behind the scenes videos that Diogo was a real character, someone who will have been popular in every dressing room he's been in. And there've been lots of kind, heartfelt gestures. The Portuguese lads from United coming over to Anfield to pay a tribute, I bet they'll have done something financial too. And I'm sure they knew club loyalties would be put to one side over something like this, that we'd have welcomed them paying their respects.
I'm sure our lads will be doing their bit, hopefully for Andre Silva's family too.
RIght. I had misread that it was 15M and not part of the players bonus of 15M. Seeing this is something driven by the Chelsea players, makes a lot more sense to me and very welcomed.
Yeah, it's still a generous gesture, regardless, and most of us would manage very nicely for a long time with that kind of money in our pockets.
Fair play to them, and I bet they're all a bit embarrassed that it's been made public too.
And in fairness, there's a lot of this stuff that goes on that we never hear about. Most footballers don't come from wealthy backgrounds, and most of them don't forget where they came from either.
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