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Chelsea will use a portion of Club World Cup bonuses paid to players to make a financial donation to family of Liverpool star

Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva died in a car crash in July

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Chelsea players will donate a portion of their Club World Cup bonuses to the family of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva.

Chelsea pocketed around £84.4million for winning the inaugural edition of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup in July, after they stunned Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final.

But a decision made jointly between the club and the players themselves means that a donation of equal size to one player’s portion will go to Jota’s family.

Chelsea won the Club World Cup in July

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On July 3, the Liverpool forward and his brother Andre Silva, a footballer who played for Portuguese club Penafiel, died in a car accident in the Spanish province on Zamora.

The value of each portion is $500k, before being subjected to currency conversion fees, employer costs, taxes and social security.

Last month, Liverpool announced that they were permanently retiring the No20 shirt at all levels in memory of Jota, who moved to Anfield from Wolves in 2020 and scored 65 goals in 182 appearances for the Reds.