Posted on November 11, 2021 at 3:30 p.m. by Arthur Montagne
While he still has not played a minute since his arrival at PSG four months ago, Sergio Ramos is causing concern internally. So much so that the hypothesis of a contract termination was raised recently. But this would not be without risk for PSG.
After a first half of 2021 made very complicated by many physical glitches, Sergio Ramos left Real Madrid at the end of his contract this summer to join PSG . And although the Parisian club let leak the idea that the Spaniard's medical examination was very conclusive, doubts quickly resurfaced. Sergio Ramos has still not played since the start of the season, but Leonardo recently stepped up in this file ensuring that PSG “knew everything, we know where our players are, we know it ! The Spanish defender has also resumed collective training, which suggests an imminent return to competition. Despite everything, the situation would annoy Nasser Al-Khelaïfi who sees one of the stars of his summer recruitment remain on the side despite an imposing salary, estimated at € 6 million net per year, as revealed by L'Equipe. A perilous situation which would have pushed PSG to consider a radical decision. The Parisian actually revealed a few days ago that the hypothesis of a breach of contract was not to be excluded. René Ramos , brother and agent of the Spanish international, however firmly rejected this option ensuring that Sergio Ramos “Is not going to retire, he is not going to break his contract, there is no doubt about that. It's a physical problem and he will play again as soon as he can. “And for good reason, Toni Roca , an expert sports lawyer and director of the Sports Law Institute, told ABC that such an approach is not obvious from a legal point of view. “Unless the contract (which we have not seen) contains a specific clause stipulating that” if Ramos does not recover or is injured again within a period X, the contract may be terminated early by the club without the right to any compensation in favor of the player “, PSG would in principle have no valid reason to dismiss Ramos for the simple fact of being injured”, he explains.
The dismissal of Ramos could cost PSG dearly
But if ever PSG were to consider a breach of contract, what would be the consequences? First of all, there is a good chance that Sergio Ramos considering proceedings before FIFA, as added Toni Roca . “What the player should do is sue PSG before the Dispute Resolution Chamber of the FIFA Football Tribunal for unjustified termination of the contract and request the compensation provided for in the contract for these cases or, failing that, that provided for in Article 17 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players of FIFA (RETJ), which would correspond to the residual value of the contract, ”explains the lawyer to ABC. In which case, the PSG would risk very big.
Indeed, as reported by ABC, article 17.4 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players of FIFA stipulates that in addition to the obligation to pay compensation for the player, “sports sanctions are imposed on the club which terminates a contract during the protected period. “In the case of Sergio Ramos , over 28 years of age, the protected period is “two full seasons or two years” from the signing of the contract. Here, the protected period coincides with the duration of the contract of the former captain of Real Madrid . Therefore, “if FIFA finally understands that PSG terminated Ramos' contract without a valid reason, PSG risks being imposed a sanction for registering new players for two full and consecutive periods, and this for having terminated the contract. contract during the protected period ”, concludes Roca . In other words, if the risk is taken to terminate the contract of Sergio Ramos , the PSG is exposed to a sanction which can go as far as the ban on recruiting for two transfer window periods. It is therefore very likely that the Spaniard will stay in Paris where he signed up until 2023. Especially since Sergio Ramos has resumed collective training this week and should therefore soon do his return to the field and finally show his number 4 at PSG . The end of a long ordeal.