Liverpool will reportedly offer the wages remaining on Diogo Jota's contract to his grieving family. The Portuguese star, 28, and his brother Andre died in the early hours of Thursday morning following a car crash in Spain.

After signing for the Premier League champions in 2020 in a £41million deal, the forward was offered a contract extension two years later. He was said to be on wages of around £140,000-a-week plus bonuses. At the time of his passing, he'd scored 65 club goals in 182 appearances.

According to Record, Liverpool now intend to pay up on the final two years of his deal to Jota's family. Only last month, he married long-term partner Rute Cardoso, with the couple having three children together.

The news comes on the day that the funerals of the two brothers take place in Gondomar in Portugal. A host of Liverpool players and Jota's former team-mates have been filmed arriving at the church this morning, with club captain Virgil van Dijk carrying a No.20 shirt with him.

Former captain of the Reds, Jordan Henderson, is also among the mourners while manager Arne Slot walked into the church with current first-team players Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konate and Endo.

The service is being held just hours after Jota's former international team-mate, Pedro Neto, paid an emotional tribute before Chelsea's Club World Cup match with Palmeiras in America. Neto held up a shirt bearing the names Diogo and Andre during a minute's silence, and fought back tears before kick-off.

Prior to that, Portugal players Ruben Neves and João Cancelo were also emotional before Al Hilal's match against Fluminense. Back in the UK, in their sold-out concert in Cardiff, Oasis last night paused proceedings to pay tribute as an image of Jota appeared on the big screen.

Following the news of his death this week, Slot vowed the club would support the grieving family members, saying: "My message to them is very clear, you will never walk alone. The players, the staff, the supporters of Liverpool Football Club are all with you and from what I have seen, the same can be said of the wider family of football."