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Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Diogo Jota's legacy to his family: The amount set to be inherited by tragic Liverpool star's wife and their three small children after his car crash death
Tragic footballer Diogo Jota 's widow could stand to inherit up to £35million from his estate for the financial security of her and their three children, MailOnline can reveal. The Liverpool star, 28, who died alongside his brother Andre, 25, in a crash last week in Spain, has been signed with Premier League clubs since 2018 - and amassed a fortune in that time. Jota first signed a contract with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2018 which saw him earn £38,000 a week. Two years of these wages saw him earn £3,952,000 before he hit the big time with a move to Anfield, where the first two years of his four year contract at £83,000 per week saw him pocket another £8,632,000. As a result of his phenomenal talent, Liverpool then extended the deal for five years in 2022 and upped his wages to £140,000 in a contract that saw him earn £21,840,000 before his tragic death. Built into this was performance bonuses, and his 65 goals in 182 games contributed to his wealth. However, he was also an Esports entrepreneur and global brand ambassador. Jota was due to receive another £14.5million for the remaining two years of his contract, which despite reports in Portuguese media suggesting Liverpool will honour, has not yet been confirmed. It means Jota's total earnings of around £34.4million since arriving in the Premier League could be inherited by Rute and their two sons Dinis, four, Duarte, two, and their eight-month-old baby daughter Mafalda. It is not known how much of this money he had spent, but a chunk of it had been invested in a five-bedroom, four-bathroom house in the upmarket north Liverpool suburb of Blundellsands. According to publicly available land registry documents, Jota and his wife bought the house in May 2022 for £2,125,000, where they rubbed shoulders with other players. The house had been listed for three years before selling and had been previously rented out. A brochure of the house available online shows an ornately tiled marble entrance hall leading to a reception area with a brass and wrought iron staircase. The ground floor living area has Georgian style double doors, underfloor heating and a Bose sound system. In the kitchen there are two sink units and a five hob Gaggenau cooker, wine chiller and fitted walnut units with granite work surfaces. The indoor pool is 39ft long and there is also a jacuzzi and steam room, while the games room has a snooker table and a pool table. Also on the ground floor is an eight-seat home cinema room with a surround sound system. Companies House records in the UK also show that Jota set up an image rights company called Minute J Ltd in February 2023 to channel some of his football earnings and his father Joaquim was also associated with it. The first set of accounts filed in December 2024 cover the period the initial first 12 months of the company and show it made £186,754 but owed creditors £49,786, with the bulk of £44,825 to HMRC for Corporation Tax. Football players often set up image rights companies as a way to control earnings from things like name, nickname, squad number which might be used in sponsorship, merchandising and endorsements. Besides his earnings from football Jota also had lucrative deals with Nike and EA Sports bringing in an estimated £3.3million a year and he set up his own Esports team called Luna Galaxy. According to Portuguese media, Jota also had a collection of luxury cars worth more than £1million including a Range Rover Sport, Porsche 911 Turbo S, a Ferrari 488, an Audi Q7 and a Mercedes-Benz G63AMG. Website, The Richest, in a detailed profile of Jota's financial worth, said: 'He left behind a financial legacy few soccer players achieve so young. 'His business smart matched his on-field vision, he left behind a blueprint for how athletes can build wealthy and legacy beyond the pitch.' Jota's tragic death came just 13 days after he wedded Rute, his teenage sweetheart. At the ceremony he declared himself as the luckiest man in the world to be her husband and a series of emotional images and videos were posted to social media of their special day. Many who were there on what Rute described as that 'dream come true' wedding day then had to devastatingly fly in for Jota and his brother's funeral just over two weeks later. Family and friends, including footballers, came from all corners of the globe to the 17th-century Igreja Matriz church. It was there that they heard the Bishop of Porto, D. Manuel Linda, send a message to the couple's three children. The bishop said: 'At this moment you are suffering immensely or perhaps not because you do not realise it. The ones who suffer a lot are your mother and your grandparents. 'Seeing the mortal remains of a child must be a greater torment, but when there are two urns there are no words... 'If it is difficult to see an adult cry, it is even more difficult to see a child cry. I send you a special greeting for your mother and grandparents.' Both coffins were carried through the front doors of the church to the sound of violins and applause in a procession led by two priests at 10am. Jota's Liverpool team-mates flew in overnight. They included Virgil van Dijk, the club's captain, and Andrew Robertson, who carried red wreaths in the shape of football shirts emblazoned with Jota's number 20 and his brother's number 30. Former Liverpool players, including Jordan Henderson and James Milner, were also present. Jota and his brother were 190 miles into a trip from Porto to Santander, where he planned to take a ferry to England, when they crashed in the Spanish province of Zamora. Their bodies were buried, not cremated, in a graveyard screened by olive trees. Jota's team-mates from his former club Wolves, including Joao Moutinho and Rui Patricio, joined club officials to pay their respects. They were spotted escorting a Wolves-themed wreath which read: 'Diogo your desire to fight and win lit up Molineux.' Speaking after the service, Roberto Martinez, the Portugal manager, was emotional as he told of his sadness over the tragedy. He said: 'I can only say that these are very, very sad days. Today was a demonstration for Diogo and Andre that we are all together and that we are Portugal. 'Now, I would like to thank everyone for their presence, for all the messages from all over the world. We are with Andre Silva and Diogo Jota. Always, always with us.'
Boston Globe
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
What would Mafalda say to Trump?
That's about to change. This week, a five-volume English-language collection of Mafalda It's a timely collection, for Mafalda's blend of satire, playful humor, and layered meanings appeals to both children and adults. The strip, which ran from 1964 to 1973, is mostly known by its overt political engagement and uses Mafalda and her friends to reflect the social and ideological currents of that time in Argentina, including traditionalism, capitalism, and bureaucracy, embodied by characters like Susanita, Manolito, and Mafalda's sluggish pet turtle, Burocracia. I'm someone who's always getting rid of stuff. I don't hoard. I have little attachment to clothes, furniture, or personal belongings. But through all my moves — across neighborhoods, apartments, and stages of life — one thing has always made the cut: my collection of Mafalda comic books. Advertisement As a kid, I was attracted to Mafalda's wise-beyond-her-years humor and her innocent but sharp curiosity. She's an opinionated child who hates soup and loves democracy and the Beatles — '¡ I learned about the world through Mafalda's commentary on geopolitical issues. One of my favorite subgenres of Mafalda strips is when she reacts to newspaper headlines. Or when she's irreverent and rebellious to her parents. That's another trademark trait of Mafalda: She was not shy about questioning the adults in her life, who were often overwhelmed by what they probably saw as her inane questions, a dynamic that underscores the comic's deeper critique of adult complacency. Advertisement For many immigrants like me, Mafalda is more than a cartoon character. She's a core memory, a mindset, a Latin American cultural icon. And in a country once again led by a president allergic to dissent, nuance, and the truth, what would Mafalda say to Trump? Whatever it might be, it would be sharp and right on time. The author's Mafalda collection. Marcela García This is an excerpt from , a Globe Opinion newsletter from columnist Marcela García. . Marcela García is a Globe columnist. She can be reached at
New York Times
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Mafalda, Argentina's Very Opinionated Cartoon Heroine, is Coming to America
When the Argentine cartoonist best known as Quino died in 2020 at age 88, he left behind a child who questioned authority, hated soup and belonged to the world. Mafalda, the eponymous star of Joaquín Salvador Lavado's beloved comic strip, is by any measure a global sensation: statues in Argentina and Spain; a handful of animated TV credits (including an upcoming Netflix series); calendars, coffee mugs and makeup bags adorned with her trademark bob and bow tie everywhere from Mexico City to Milan. And yet Mafalda is a relative unknown in this country, with few translations in English and little to no distribution of the comic in the United States. A forthcoming five-volume collection from Elsewhere Editions is set to change that. For those who see in Quino's work a road map for navigating a polarized political climate, the first volume, due June 10, can't come soon enough. 'This is seriously the comic that the country needs in this moment,' said Ricardo Siri, who grew up reading 'Mafalda' in Argentina and now lives in Vermont. (He is also the author of 'Macanudo' and other work under the pen name Liniers.) 'Mafalda has her point of view, but she always accepts as friends people who are very different from her.' When wider American audiences do meet Mafalda, they'll find a girl who resembles Ernie Bushmiller's iconic character Nancy, but whose antics are entirely her own. Mafalda reaches for outer space on a seltzer-fueled jetpack, and is open to all kinds of experience. Even if she's unlikely to help Democrats and Republicans get along, her brand of innocent but opinionated curiosity could show the so-called adults in the room how to do better by future generations. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
