Why did Unión get nearly €400,000 for Domina but nothing for Calderón? | OneFootball

On the first morning of the radio show, we spoke exclusively with the renowned lawyer specializing in sports law about the situation of Domina, who will become a free agent on January 1, 2026, and has already signed a pre-contract with Cádiz from Spain. How does this affect Unión's economy regarding future transfers of the player?

Well, the situation, you mentioned that Calderón was 24 years old when he left and Domina is 19. Exactly.

Of course, that's where the difference in treatment begins. Basically, FIFA created two systems to compensate training clubs, when? When the player signs their first professional contract, there always has to be an international note for FIFA's regulations to apply. If it's internal, we apply law 27211, but since it's international, in the two cases you mentioned, one in Chile and the other in Spain, FIFA's regulations must be applied. So, FIFA's regulations talk about training compensation, the first work contract, and there's an amount related to tables FIFA has, according to the club's categorization, where the player is going, which are now the concrete numbers regarding the charge.

And the other is the solidarity mechanism, which is the most well-known. Every time there's a transfer or international loan, 5% of the paid amount is distributed among the training clubs from ages 12 to 23. Well, in both cases, Calderón and Domina, we are dealing with training compensation because it would be the first contract, beyond the one they already had with Unión, but the next contract. The second one.

Of course, the second is the next one, because when they sign the first, it benefits all previous clubs in FIFA, starting from age 12.

It's very clear what you're saying, so that's where all the training that will benefit Unión comes in.

So, since the first contract is with Unión, we have to see the next club, which will have to compensate Unión for the entire period they trained Domina. That's Calderón, it wasn't charged because this training compensation is for contracts signed until age 23. Since Calderón was 24, he was out of this, and since he was free, there was no price, it wasn't paid, well, there was no mechanism because he went from Unión, so that's why Calderón wasn't charged anything.

This case, no, yes, of course, because he's 19. So, based on Cádiz being a second division club in Spain, due to this categorization I mentioned that FIFA has in its tables, it's a second category of UEFA, UEFA can be divided by different confederations, Comebol, Coca-Café, UEFA. Well, in UEFA, a second category club, as would be the case of Cádiz, would have to pay, for each year of training, from 12 to 15 years, 10,000 euros per year, and from 16 to 21, it's 60,000 per year.

Here, since he's only up to 19, let's assume he's fully 19, to make round numbers, this has to be looked at carefully every day, but well, in principle, from 12 to 15 you have 4 years, 12, 13, 14, 15, so there are 40,000 euros there. And then, from 16, it's 60 per year, 16, 17, 18, 19, you have 4 years. 4 times 60, plus the 40 we had before, 280. So, reasonably, Unión will collect 280, not 400. And obviously, this doesn't mean that Cádiz signs and gets that money, no.

It's a whole procedure that exists in FIFA, which is the best case, because it's an imperative procedure that FIFA does, they put you in a scheme they have, a whole system, and you really don't see the money.

Yes, look, FIFA allows you to waive this right. Well, by national law, national law strictly prohibits waiving. Precisely so that clubs don't feel pressured by the training club, but FIFA can waive it.

Of course, then they sell, transfer Cádiz, as you said, to Madrid, for 5 million dollars, any number, 10 million dollars, well. Then Unión will collect, but through the other system, the solidarity mechanism.

Which are two different things, exactly. Two different things. So, what percentage corresponds? Well, from 12 to 15 years it's 0.25 of the transfer price, and from 16 to 23 it's 0.50.

So in Unión's case, round number, right? You would have from 12 to 15, at 0.25 each year you have 1%. Then you have 16, 17, 18, 19, you have 4 years at 0.50 each year. So you add it all up and you would have 3% of the transfer price.

Was it 10 million? Done. Then you will collect 300,000, right? If my math is correct. Yes, I think so.

No, no, the issue is like this, FIFA allows you, (8:16) because surely they weren't so clumsy as to have signed it today or tomorrow. Of course.

Signed with a date starting January 1. January, of course. And what FIFA allows is that when we are in the window of the last 6 months of the duration of the work contract, the player can freely negotiate a future contract.

So if logically they signed it with a date starting January 1, there wouldn't be a FIFA penalty, because it was done according to the rules. Beyond that within the employment relationship between Domina and Unión, they may have fulfilled some of their obligations. Then the club may impose some labor sanction, which will have to be seen if Unión has an internal discipline regime, I don't know if there will be a financial penalty or not, I don't know.

It has to be seen internally. If it were, Unión would have to impose it on the player, within the employment relationship with Unión.

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