Lucas Barrios sued for €25m due to breach of contract

[King Binny]

Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande are taking a battle agianst Lucas Barrios to FIFA, requesting a compensation of 25 million Euros and a 6-month sporting sanction, a top club official told Xinhua on Friday.

"The club officially submitted a statement of claim to FIFA on Friday as Barrios has breached the contract without any just cause," the official told Xinhua.

According to a leaked copy of the document, Guangzhou Evergrande requested Barrios to pay a total of 25 million Euros compensation. They also urged FIFA to give the Paraguayan striker a 6-month sporting sanction.

"Order Lucas Ramon Barrios to pay the total amount of EUR 25,000,000 as compensation for the breach of the Employment Contract without just cause.

Condemn Lucas Ramon Barrios to an ineligibility of 6 months according to the sporting sanctions stipulated in Article 17.3 of the FIFA Regulations." said the document.

The 28-year old Paraguayan striker has disappeared from the pitch since a month ago, when Chinese Super League (CSL) entered a short break at the end of May. Barrios returned to his country as he was in the national squad for the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Chile. But he never come back to the south China city of Guangzhou until Friday.

"The player was absent of all the training sessions and two CLS matches against Qingdao and Shanghai," the club official said.

Early this week, German and Argentinian media reported Barrios had asked FIFA to terminate his contract as the club defaulted on payments. Reports said the Ex-Durtmond striker was now a free player and seeking for a new home in Bundesliga.

However, FIFA told Xinhua that they had never received such appeal from Barrios until Wednesday.

"To this date, FIFA does not appear to have received any formal claim concerning an alleged contractual dispute opposing the player Lucas Barrios to the Chinese club, Guangzhou Evergrande FC," the football governing body said in an E-mail on Wednesday.

The club said they had honored the contract with the player all the way and it was Barrios who breached the contract without any reason.

"It was utterly ridiculous, the club made every payment clear and on time, we have complied the contract with Barrios all the time," a club official told Xinhua, "during his absence from June. 6 to now (June.28), neither had Barrios or his agent make any contact to the club."

"We have waited for Barrios' return for more than 3 weeks, now it is the time to take action." he added

According to FIFA, A Dispute Resolution Chamber will proceed the contractual dispute between the club and the player. The football governing body has not made any comment on this issue until Friday.

Barrios, who helped Borussia Dortmund win two titles in Bundesliga from 2010 to 2012, had signed a four-year deal with Guangzhou Evergrande in June last year on a record breaking transfer fee of 8.5 million Euros and reported yearly salary of 5 million.

Winning the CSL title for two consecutive years, Guangzhou Evergrande has becoming the most successful football club in China. Beside the record buy, the club also poured millions of Euros on Dario Conca, Elksson and Muriqui.

 

[HC]

Good luck making that stick!

 

[dantes]

In China I'm sure there are ways of making it stick.

 

[Glen C]

I hope they do win, im hating this player power shit.

 

[King Binny]

China football news ‏@china_football 43m
Barrios vs. #Evergrande saga continues. Barrios accuses EG of tax evasion, club say the bank accounts were provided by LB & his agents
Barrios' driver has joined in the fun, saying that the Paraguayan has been visiting nightclubs often and bringing different girls home.
The driver also told reporters that Barrios only wanted to sign a contract with him until May, indicating he already planned to leave.

 

[LarryHagman]

We should take our Lucas to court for breach of being good at footy.

 

[Frogfish]

In China I'm sure there are ways of making it stick.

In China ? Absolutely ! I had a case against one of my tenants who then had the judge changed to one of his lawyer's friends, we had him barred from the case due to their relationship but after 18 months he was suddenly back on the case and issued a judgement before we could even appeal the reinstatement ! It's all under the table, bribes and 'guanxi' !

 

[Frogfish]

China football news ‏@china_football 43m
Barrios vs. #Evergrande saga continues. Barrios accuses EG of tax evasion, club say the bank accounts were provided by LB & his agents
Barrios' driver has joined in the fun, saying that the Paraguayan has been visiting nightclubs often and bringing different girls home.
The driver also told reporters that Barrios only wanted to sign a contract with him until May, indicating he already planned to leave.

All medium to large companies here are circumventing tax payments due by any number of means, it's the nature of business in China (and not only here). However trying to get the local tax office to investigate/prosecute .. when they are being paid off anyway ... is impossible.

 

[dantes]

Frogfish will be missed by all that knew him.

 

[Frogfish]

Frogfish will be missed by all that knew him.

Haha 😀
Surprisingly the Govt are quite relaxed about these type of criticisms and aspersions since they are directed at the local judiciary and tax bureaus rather than at Beijing Central Govt. (a world unto itself).

 

[juniormember]

Haha 😀
Surprisingly the Govt are quite relaxed about these type of criticisms and aspersions since they are directed at the local judiciary and tax bureaus rather than at Beijing Central Govt. (a world unto itself).

NOW you've done it! Bye bye Frogfish.