The federation intends to pay Serb Aleksandar Bergovich’s fees, which were decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), so that the club can register in the Mercato operating in the summer.
The federation will have to pay about one million 800 thousand euros after the club deducted 50% of the player’s salary during the outbreak of Covid-19.
According to Al-Madina, the club will close this case and will register new professionals in the current summer Mercato.
CAS has rejected Al Ittihad’s appeal against FIFA’s decision to ban the club from any new contracts this summer due to non-payment of dues to Bergovich.
Earlier, FIFA decided to deprive the federation of Jeddah of participating in the transfer market of players, except after the payment of a contribution to former Serbian player Aleksandar Bergovich in the amount of one million 800 thousand euros.
Kassa’s decision against Al Ittihad Club came after Prijović filed a lawsuit against the club regarding a 50% deduction from his salary during the outbreak of the Corona virus pandemic two seasons ago, which was accepted by all clubs after the proposal was made. Saudi Football Association at the time.
The player is left with a second case in which CAS has not yet made a final decision, and it involves the termination of his contract by one of the parties, in which Bergovich seeks compensation in the amount of 10 million euros.
