Chelsea are set to donate part of their bonus pot for winning the Club World Cup to the families of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva.
Liverpool star Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva, 25, passed away in a car crash in Spain last month.
Chelsea were the inaugural winners of the newly-expanded Club World Cup as they beat PSG 3-0 in the final on July 13.
The Chelsea squad at the tournament included Pedro Neto, who played alongside Jota for Portugal and Wolves.
Chelsea received £84.4million as a result of winning the competition and were also given a bonus fund of £11.4million to be distributed amongst the players.
The players will receive around £368,000 each, with an equal payment to be made to Jota and Silva’s families.
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Chelsea are set to donate part of their bonus pot for winning the Club World Cup to the families of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva
Chelsea were the inaugural winners of the newly-expanded Club World Cup
The Chelsea players will receive around £368,000 each, with an equal payment to be made to Jota and Silva’s families
Chelsea’s Pedro Neto was team-mates with Jota for both Portugal and Wolves
Chelsea’s gesture received much praise from fans of various clubs.
Mark Goldbridge, for instance, wrote: ‘Absolute class by Chelsea players to donate such a large amount of money to Jota’s family.’
A Liverpool supporter wrote: ‘The gesture that Chelsea has showed for Diogo Jota is exceptional’.
In addition, another Liverpool fan wrote: ‘That was class Chelsea! Lovely gesture towards Andre and Jota’s family.
‘Football should unite not divide’.
A Chelsea fan also commented, writing: ‘My club, classy as always’.
Premier League clubs will pay tribute to Jota and Andre Silva on the opening weekend of the season.
A moment of silence will be held at all games, while players will wear black armbands and tributes will also be shown on screens at grounds.
Premier League clubs will pay tribute to Jota during the opening weekend of the season
Across his spells with Wolves and Liverpool, Jota made 190 appearances in the Premier League in total and scored 63 goals, while he provided 24 assists.
He was part of the Liverpool squad that won the league title last season.
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk stated that togetherness between players and fans will be crucial as the club continue to mourn Jota.
‘It will be a very difficult season but we are all in this together,’ said van Dijk. ‘As a team, fans, club, it was always going to be a tough season with everything that happened with Diogo over the summer, but the only way to overcome it is togetherness and the collective.’
Liverpool previously announced that they have retired their No 20 shirt in honour of Jota.
