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Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondent
Sergio Agüero filed a lawsuit towards Barcelona for €3 million ($3.2m) over cash owed as a part of his 2021 contract termination and the matter continues to be in courtroom, an official report despatched to the Catalan membership’s members has revealed.
Agüero, 36, joined Barça from Man Metropolis on a two-year deal in 2021 however he made simply 5 appearances earlier than being compelled to retire after struggling coronary heart issues throughout a LaLiga recreation towards Alavés.
He formally introduced his retirement in December of the identical yr, reaching an settlement with the membership to finish his contract early.
Nonetheless, a report detailing Barça’s monetary accounts for the 2023-24 season and seen by ESPN has revealed the previous Argentina striker launched authorized proceedings towards the membership earlier this yr.
“On Might 29, 2024, ex-player Sergio Agüero filed a declare for €3m that, based on him, he’s owed as a part of the decision settlement to finish his working relationship with the membership,” the report states.
“As of June 21, 2024, there was no conciliatory settlement between the events. The membership is now ready for the declare to be processed by a neighborhood courtroom for the following step within the process.”
The dispute with Agüero is certainly one of 9 authorized circumstances detailed by Barça within the part of the report titled ‘Litigation.’
One other reveals that an organization named ‘Scores Sports activities Administration’ is demanding €10m ($10.9m) for his or her position within the switch which noticed winger Ousmane Dembélé depart Barça for Paris Saint-Germain in a deal price €50m ($54.6m) in 2023.
“On June 18, 2024, the membership was notified of a declare filed by the corporate Scores Sports activities Administration requesting €10m for his or her supposed middleman position within the switch of Dembélé to PSG,” the report explains.
“The case has been taken up by a neighborhood courtroom given the membership’s opposition and need to contest the declare.”
The circumstances are listed by Barça given their potential monetary implications.
The report was despatched out to pick out members this week forward of the membership’s AGM on Oct. 19, when members may have the chance to problem the 2023-24 monetary outcomes.
On the AGM, Barça will current losses of €91m ($99.4 m) for final season.
On Friday, Barcelona additionally misplaced a authorized case to get a half million-dollar bonus from Zenit St. Petersburg that the Russian membership didn’t need to pay as a result of it was barred from the Champions League following the invasion of Ukraine.
The Court docket of Arbitration for Sport stated Friday it dismissed Barcelona’s enchantment towards a FIFA ruling final yr in a contract dispute over the switch of Brazilian winger Malcom.
