Although under no legal obligation
to do so following the Brazilian striker's death, the Ukrainian club will pay
out the remainder of his contract
Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk have
decided that they will pay out the contract of Maicon Pereira de Oliveira to
his family, in full, folllowing the Brazilian's death last weekend.
The 25-year-old striker, who had
been on loan at Illichivets Mariupol, was tragically killed in a car accident
last Saturday.
Legal protocol dictates that his
contract - due to run until 2015 - should expire immediately, but the club's
CEO Sergei Palkin has revealed that the club intend to grant the rest of the
player's contract to his parents and young daughter.
"The contract with Maicon was
valid until mid-2015," said Palkin.
"From a legal point of view, in
such situations it expires.
"But Maicon has a
seven-year-old daughter and quite elderly
parents.
"Therefore, the president of
the club decided to hand his family the amount stipulated by the contract, in
full, to support his family at this difficult time."
Maicon, who joined Shakhtar in 2012,
made just six appearances for the Ukraine giants, scoring once, but was fondly
remembered by the Miners.
"He was a talented footballer,
open and friendly guy," read a statement on the club's official website.
"Maicon loved life and knew how
to make it positive and bright. Tragic, untimely and absurd death took away a
wonderful person from our ranks. Maicon was only 25 years old.
"It is a terrible bereavement
for each of us.
"FC Shakhtar expresses
condolences and sympathy to Maicon’s family and friends. May he rest in
peace."
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