Flamengo v Paolo Guerrero: court reaches verdict after lengthy legal battle | OneFootball

Flamengo seeks reimbursement for the period Guerrero played for the club

Forward Paolo Guerrero and Flamengo have been in a legal dispute since 2023 over possible reimbursement the Peruvian should make to the club. After testing positive in an anti-doping test in 2017, while wearing the Manto, the player was sidelined from club activities for 121 days. Because of this, Mengão is demanding payment of R$ 1.68 million from the athlete, but the request was denied.

This amount is proportional to the image rights Guerrero received to play for Flamengo, totaling R$ 16 million. Since the club could not count on the player for more than four months, it is seeking the return of R$ 1.68 million. However, Rubro-Negro has lost another appeal.

In 2023, Flamengo’s request was denied by the 9th Civil Court of the Capital. The club then turned to the 1st Chamber of Private Law of the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice, but again was unsuccessful. Frustrated, Mengão filed a new appeal, and the judges once again rejected the rubro-negro’s request.

WHAT IS THE JUDGES’ POSITION?

“This appeal attempts to invert the logic by arguing that the inability to exploit the player’s image on the field and in training amounts to total breach of the image contract, which cannot stand, given the existence of several other means of execution, as has been widely discussed,” said Judge Alessandro Félix, who received unanimous support from the other judges.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE GUERRERO CASE?

At the end of 2017, Guerrero tested positive in an anti-doping test after drinking tea containing a cocaine metabolite during a World Cup Qualifier match for Peru. As a result, the forward was suspended by FIFA and ended up missing important matches for Flamengo, such as the final of the Copa Sudamericana, which was won by Independiente (ARG).

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