Evangelista slams Sporting, accuses Varandas of illegal acts | OneFootball

Joaquim Evangelista spoke about the controversy between Jeremiah St. Juste and Sporting. The president of the Players’ Union harshly criticized the decision of the club’s board, led by Frederico Varandas, for demoting the player to the B team, referring to “unlawful acts.”

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“Training separately, demoting a player to a secondary team, or releasing him, preventing him from training, are these lawful acts when the club’s intention is to dispense with the player’s services ahead of time? Obviously not,” said the president of the Professional Football Players’ Union (SPJF) to the newspaper Record.

Although he understands Sporting’s position, Joaquim Evangelista believes that St. Juste and any other player should have a say regarding their future: “It is understandable that a club, in its sporting management, may want to dispense with a player’s services, or may be eager to make a financially advantageous transfer, but what cannot happen is for this to be done at the expense of the player’s will, who should reserve the right to decide his future and to fulfill the employment contract he signed.”

“The problem is not with the legal framework, but with the means of response, which involve the need to notify the employer to put an end to conduct considered unlawful and, once evidence is gathered and maintaining the employment relationship becomes unsustainable, to decide to proceed with unilateral termination for just cause,” added the SPJF president regarding the Dutch player’s situation.

In conclusion, Joaquim Evangelista advocates for the creation of a new solution to resolve situations like the one Jeremiah St. Juste is currently experiencing at Sporting: “Solutions outside this vicious circle are needed, and there are experiences in other countries such as the establishment of a body with representatives from players, clubs, and the League to consider complaints of this type and decide on the restoration of the player’s working conditions, under penalty of sporting sanctions being applied,” he concluded. The player’s situation is only expected to be resolved in the winter transfer window.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.