12/07/2025
Liverpool terminated Diogo Jotaโs contract because of this crazy reason. ๐ฅน According to official FIFA regulations, when a player passes away:
- The playerโs contract is automatically terminated as if it had naturally expired.
- Neither the club nor the playerโs representatives are entitled to claim any further financial compensation.
- The club is required to pay all of the player's financial entitlements up to the date of death, and these are paid to the rightful heir (child, spouse, etc.).
What happens when the player still had an active contract?
- The contract is terminated immediately from the date of death, with all dues paid up to that day.
Based on all these, per FIFA Regulations, Liverpool ought to just pay up till the day he died. But they did something else.
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ.
This ensures that Diogo Jotaโs family still get paid his wages until the original contract ends in 2027, a total of about ยฃ14.5m.
In addition, the club also committed to covering the full educational expenses of his children for life.
What a club! ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
๐๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐. โค๏ธ