Liverpool‘s owners Fenway Sports Group will pay the remaining two years of Diogo Jota’s contract to the late striker’s family.

Arne Slot, Liverpool’s head coach, confirmed that FSG are committed to looking after Rute Cardoso, Jota’s widow, and their three children and will honour the entirety of his deal, which is reported to be worth in the region of £140,000 per week.

Jota, and his brother, Andre Silva were killed in a car crash in northern Spain on July 3, 11 days after he had married his childhood sweetheart. The ramifications of the tragedy are continuing to be felt around the club.

In an interview for TNT Sport with Ally McCoist, Slot said: ‘Owners are mainly criticised, like managers, but the way they’ve handled this situation by paying his wife and his children all the money from the contract is … Maybe people think it’s normal, but it is not in football.”

He added: ‘The way the fans conducted themselves after that tragedy, how many flowers there were, all the memorials, I can almost get emotional thinking about it.

‘It’s unbelievable what our fans have done and our players as well, the way they have conducted themselves in and around the funeral.

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Liverpool will pay out the contract of late forward Diogo Jota to his family, Reds head coach Arne Slot has confirmed

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Slot, whose managerial reign at Anfield began with a goal from the Portuguese, hailed the club’s ‘not normal’ gesture

‘And then we have to train again. There are moments where I feel, “What must his wife and his children feel now?”

‘It sounds so hard but our life continues.

‘People expect from me that I prepare them forever and that sometimes feels a bit difficult knowing how hard it is for the family and for the parents in the phase they are still going through and will go through for the rest of their lives.

‘Maybe people think it’s normal, but it is not in football.’

Jota had married childhood sweetheart Rute Cardoso just 11 days before his death. The pair share three young children.

In the days following the 28-year-old’s death, reports indicated that the Anfield club would honour the remaining years on his deal.

Jota was understood to have been earning around £140,000 per week and had two years remaining on his contract at a value of around £14million.

Jota and Andre Silva were remembered at this week’s Ballon d’Or in Paris, where teammates Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker were visibly moved by the emotional tribute.

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The game is still in mourning after Anfield hero Jota was tragically killed alongside his brother, Andre Silva, in a car accident on July 3

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Jota had married childhood sweetheart Rute Cardoso just 11 days before his death. The pair share three young children

Rute, wore an ethereal white gown as she attended the Ballon d’Or ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, where Jota and Andre Silva were remembered

His widow Rute, wore an ethereal white gown as she attended the gala at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.

Liverpool supporters have continued to honour their former hero, whose No 20 jersey was retired across all teams at the club this summer.