CAS rejects Atlético appeal, club must pay Scarpa debt | OneFootball

Atlético suffered a setback off the pitch. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the appeal filed by the Minas Gerais club in the case involving the late payment of one of the installments for midfielder Gustavo Scarpa’s transfer, signed from Nottingham Forest of England. The information was first reported by lawyer Marcelo Bee Sellares.

Scarpa was signed by Galo in December 2023 for five million euros (around R$27 million at the exchange rate at the time). Under the agreement, the payment was split into three installments. The first, worth 2 million euros and due in January 2024, was paid correctly. The second, worth 1.5 million euros and scheduled for January 2025, was not paid in full — the Minas Gerais club paid only 1 million euros.

Atlético argued that there had been a procedural error on Nottingham Forest’s part in sending the invoice for payment, but the explanation was not accepted by CAS, which upheld the decision in favor of the English club.

As a result, Galo will have to settle the outstanding financial issue to avoid harsher sanctions, such as a possible “transfer ban,” which would prevent the club from registering new players in the next transfer window.

In the ruling, it was established that Atlético must pay the remaining 500,000 euros, plus 5% interest, in addition to paying the final installment of the agreement — originally scheduled for December 2025 — worth 1.5 million euros, also with an additional 5% interest.

The club will also have to pay 25,000 dollars in legal costs. Altogether, the total amount to be paid is around R$13 million.

Scarpa’s numbers for Galo

For Atlético, Gustavo Scarpa has already taken the field 152 times. He has scored 14 goals and provided 28 assists. This season, the player has not done much to impress former coach Jorge Sampaoli or the current manager, fellow Argentine Eduardo Domínguez.

In the current season, he has played 21 matches and logged only 932 minutes. An average of just 44 minutes per game!

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