The Dispute Settlement Committee of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) issued a ruling regarding the complaint submitted by the Portuguese Jaime Pacheco, the current coach of Pyramids, against his former club, Zamalek, for not paying his dues after the termination of his contract in his second term with the white club.
Pacheco obtained a ruling from “FIFA” to fine Zamalek club an amount of one million dollars, knowing that the Portuguese left the training of the white club in March 2021 in his second term with the sons of Mit Okba.
and taught winwin The ruling of the Dispute Settlement Committee is considered preliminary, and Zamalek has the right to appeal against it and submit documents indicating the validity of the club’s position.
It is expected that the penalty will be reduced in other degrees of appeal to reach half a million dollars, divided into: $ 480,000 is the value of the remaining dues of the current technical director of Pyramids, and $ 25,000 in interest on the amount amounting to 5% for the previous year.
--Earlier, the lawyer of the Ghanaian player, Benjamin Achimpong, the former Zamalek striker, obtained a ruling in his favor from the International Football Association Dispute Resolution Chamber, stipulating that the player obtain an amount of 180,000 euros, equivalent to about 6 million Egyptian pounds.
According to the text of the document obtained by the player’s lawyer, Acheampong is entitled to obtain that amount with annual interest calculated from last December until the date of payment, in addition to the value of 90,000 euros in the form of a fine for the white club.
These administrative failures and penalties now threaten Zamalek with deprivation of registration for three periods in the transfer market in the event of failure to pay the amounts for which final rulings were issued by FIFA.
