"Pumas originally sought compensation of $5m (and an additional $1m-plus for image rights purchased) through a clause in his contract that noted the consequence of a premature termination in the signed agreement without just cause. CAS' recent decision highlighted that the clause "simply does not pass the fundamental 'test' of proportionality between the penalty and the potential damage caused," thereby leading to the decision of a compensation from Alves to Pumas for $2.2m."
"Alves, now 42, spent 14 months in jail after being arrested in December 2022 for allegedly having raped a young woman in the bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub. He denied any wrongdoing. He was initially found guilty in February 2024 and sentenced to four years, six months in prison. Alves appealed that decision and won in March of 2025 when a Spanish court overturned the ruling. Pumas terminated his contract in 2023."
"Pumas made the announcement on Wednesday, saying they won an appeal against the contractual dispute, without referencing the amount due. "The Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., announces that on September 1, 2025, it received notification of the arbitration award issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the contractual dispute between the club and the player Daniel Alves Da Silva," Pumas said in a news release."
CAS ordered Dani Alves to pay Liga MX side Pumas UNAM $2.2 million as compensation related to the club's 2023 termination of his contract. The CAS ruling overturned a FIFA Football Tribunal decision that had awarded Pumas roughly USD 159,677. Pumas had sought about $5 million plus additional image-rights payments under a contractual clause addressing premature termination. CAS found that the contract clause failed a proportionality test and adjusted the compensation to $2.2 million. Alves was arrested in December 2022, jailed for 14 months, initially convicted in February 2024 and later acquitted on appeal in March 2025. Pumas announced receipt of the CAS award on September 1, 2025.
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