Bad news for Christian Cueva. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (whose acronym in English is TAS) agreed with FIFA when ruling in favor of Santos FC, for which reason now Pachuca and the Peruvian midfielder must make a million-dollar payment as compensation to the Brazilian club. In case he does not comply with it, ‘Aladino’ could be disabled from the soccer fields for 6 months.
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Through a statement, the Santos F.C. announced the decision of the TAS, this in relation to the lawsuit filed against Pachuca for the transfer of christian cave in 2020, despite not having had the consent of the ‘Peixe’ at that time.
“Cueva and his lawyers argued that they had just cause to terminate his contract with Santos FC due to arrears, separation from the team and failure to register for the Paulista Championship. However, the dispute filed by Santos showed that the athlete did not meet FIFA’s minimum requirements and that there was no exclusion from the Championship by the Club, since the player returned from vacation claiming muscle pain.”, they communicated
What was the sanction of the TAS against Christian Cueva and Pachuca due to a claim by Santos FC?
Brazilian media indicated that the TAS arranged that Pachuca Y Cave pay compensation of 23.9 million Reales (approximately 4.7 million dollars) for this case. The Peruvian has been negotiating with the Brazilian institution, with which he will have a period of 45 days to reach an agreement, since if he does not expose himself to a sanction of 6 months of disqualification.
“It was an important victory for Santos and I want to thank our Legal Department, which was also active and efficient in this action, together with the CCLA Advogados office, in the person of Cristiano Caus”, assured Andrés Rueda, president of Santos FC.
What was Christian Cueva’s reaction after returning from Brazil?
It should be remembered that recently Cave He traveled to Brazil to meet with Santos FC executives in order for the club to condemn part of the stipulated debt. However, upon arriving in Lima, his silence was a clear and worrying response.
Sports media indicate that in Brazil he was received by a third-level administrator at the ‘Peixe’, which disappointed him. He left the documentation with a view to evaluating a possible remission of the economic sanction, although the Deliberative Committee will be the one that determines whether or not the request proceeds.
