Soccer (FIFA)
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4 days agoSources: Alves buys Portuguese club, may play
Dani Alves has finalised plans to acquire Portuguese third-division club Sporting Clube de São João de Ver and may sign a six-month playing contract.
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.