Pumas sue Dani Alves for breach of several clauses of his contract

Brazilian Dani Alves, former FC Barcelona player, was sued by his former club, Pumas UNAM, to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) for breaching clauses of the contract that tied them together between 2022 and 2023.

The official website of the CAS informs that the hearing is scheduled for March 25th and has the official number CAS 2024/A/10733.

Pumas decided to terminate Alves' contract when the 41-year-old native of Juazeiro was arrested in January 2023 after being accused of raping a woman in a nightclub in Barcelona, a crime for which he was eventually sentenced to 4.5 years in prison.

In February of that year, Brazilian media outlet UOL leaked that the Mexican side asked the former Sevilla winger for $5 million in compensation for violating a conduct clause in his contract when he was arrested in Spain.

According to UOL, in addition to the contract termination, Pumas executives also sent an email to Alves informing him of his departure from the team and requesting the million-dollar compensation.

The information was denied by the directors of the Mexican team, however, the Mexican press reported on Wednesday that the lawsuit in the CAS would be for breach of contract clauses that the UNAM had with Alves.

Pumas became the last team in the career of Alves, who also played for Sevilla, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona.