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This report concerns an employment dispute between French player Nicolas Jean Pierre Diguiny and Cypriot club APOLLON LIMASSOL. The dispute was resolved by the Dispute Resolution Chamber on November 22, 2023. The parties entered into an employment relationship on July 1, 2022, which ended in September 2023 by mutual agreement. To formalize the end of the relationship, the parties signed two agreements: a termination agreement and a financial agreement. The termination agreement included a clause in which the club agreed to pay the player a termination fee of EUR 90,000 net, with installments due on specific dates. However, the club failed to pay some of the installments, leading to the dispute. The Dispute Resolution Chamber found in favor of the player and ordered the club to pay the outstanding amount.

Decisionofthe DisputeResolutionChamber passedon22November2023 regardinganemployment-relateddisputeconcerningtheplayerNicolasJeanPierreDiguiny BY: FransdeWeger(Netherlands),Chairperson CalumBeattie(Scotland),Member JohanvanGaalen(SouthAfrica),Member CLAIMANT: NicolasJeanPierreDiguiny,FranceRepresentedbyLOIZOSHADJIDEMETRIOU&ASSOCIATESL.L.C. RESPONDENT: APOLLONLIMASSOL,Cyprus RepresentedbyDimitriosNikolaidis I.Factsofthecase 1.On1July2022,theFrenchplayer,NicolasJeanPierreDiguiny(hereinafter:theplayerortheClaimant)andtheCypriotclub,APOLLONLIMASSOL(hereinafter:theclubortheRespondent)enteredintoanemploymentrelationshipthatcametoanendinSeptember2023bymutualagreement. 2.Forthispurpose,on13September2023,thepartiesconcluded2differentagreements:1.)theterminationagreementand2.)thefinancialagreement–whichcontainedtheconditionsunderwhichtheemploymentrelationshipthatboundthepartieswouldcometoanend(hereinafterjointlyreferredtoas:theagreements). 3.Inparticular,asperclauseBoftheterminationagreement,theRespondentundertooktopaytotheClaimantaterminationfeeofEUR90,000net,asfollows: -EUR11,250by1October2023; -EUR11,250by1November2023; -EUR11,250by1December2023; -EUR11,250by1January2024; -EUR11,250by1February2024; -EUR11,250by1March2024; -EUR11,250by1April2024; -EUR11,250by1May2024. 4.AsperclauseEoftheterminationagreement,thepartiesagreedthat,shouldtheRespondentfailtopayanyoftheaforementionedinstalmentsbytheirduedates,theRespondentwouldenjoya7days’graceperiodtoproceedwiththerelevantpaymentand,shouldthenon-paymentpersist,theClaimantwouldbeentitledtoclaim:A.)theresidualvalueoftheterminationfee(accelerationclause);B.)apenaltyfeeof20%oftheresidualvalueoftheterminationfee. 5.AccordingtoclauseBofthefinancialagreement,theRespondentwouldpaytotheClaimant–ontopoftheterminationfee–afinancialfeeofEUR128,385net,asfollows: -EUR16,048.12by1October2023; -EUR16,048.12by1November2023; -EUR16,048.12by1December2023; -EUR16,048.12by1January2024; -EUR16,048.12by1February2024; -EUR16,048.12by1March2024; -EUR16,048.12by1April2024; -EUR16,048.12by1May2024. 6.UnderclauseEofthefinancialagreement,thepartiesagreedonthesameconditionsagreedunderclauseEofthesettlementagreement,i.e.ontheaccelerationofthepaymentsofthefinancialfeeandtheobligationoftheclubtoproceedwiththepaymentofapenaltyof20%oftheresidualvalueofthefinancialfeeincaseofnon-paymentafteragraceperiodof7days. II.ProceedingsbeforeFIFA a.PositionoftheClaimant 7.On12October2023,theplayerlodgedaclaimagainsttheclubbeforeFIFA,requestingtobeawardedoutstandingremunerationandcompensationforbreachofcontractinthetotalamountofEUR262,062net,plus5%interestp.a.ontheprincipaldue,brokendownbytheClaimantasfollows: -EUR218,385correspondingtothewholesettlementfee(EUR90,000net)andthewholefinancialfee(EUR128,385net),plus5%interestp.a.asfrom2October2023untilthedateofeffectivepayment; -EUR43,677aspenalty,correspondingto20%oftheprincipaldue(218,385*0.2=43,677). 8.Inhisclaim,theplayerarguedthatdespitehavingenteredintothesettlementagreementandthefinancialagreement,theclubfailedtorespectitsincethebeginning,astheclubdidnotevenproceedwiththepaymentofthefirstinstalmentsthereof.InthiscontextandwhilereferringtoclausesBandEofbothagreement,theClaimantmaintainsbeingentitledtoreceivethefullvalueofthesettlementandfinancialfees,aswellasthepenaltycontractuallyagreed. b.PositionoftheRespondent 9.Initsreply,theclubargued–interalia–thefollowing: -Thattheplayerneverputtheclubindefaultofpayment,reasonwhytheclaimoftheplayerdoesnotmeettherequirementsofart.12bisoftheRSTP. -Thatitwastheplayerthepartythatsuggestedtheterminationofthecontractandthattheclubagreedtopay,asmonetarycompensation,“themajorityoftheamountsarisingfromhiscontractinrelationtothe2023/24season”;reasonwhytheclubarguesthatthosecannotbeconsideredasoutstandingmoneys,insofarastheplayerdidnotprovidehisservicesfortheclubinordertoreceivethem. -Thatthe7days’graceperiodtowhichclausesEofbothagreementsreferneededtobegrantedbytheplayerviaadefaultnoticeandtheplayerfailedtoputtheclubindefaultandgrantsaiddeadlineandthattheplayerlodgedthepresentclaimonly4daysaftertherelevantgraceperiodselapsed,whichisnotreasonable. -Thattheaccelerationclausesinsertedintheagreementsareabusive,sincetheclubonlyfailedtopaythefirstinstalmentsofbothagreements.Consequently,theclubarguesthatonlytheamountofEUR27,298(thesumofthefirstinstalmentunderbothagreements)isdueandthattheamountclaimedbytheplayerisnotproportionatetothedamagessuffered,asitamountsto“800%”ofthedueamount. -Inaddition,theRespondentrequestedFIFAtoalsorejecttheplayer’sentitlementtoreceivethepenaltyof20%ofthefeesdueaspertheagreementsand,subsidiary,toonlygranttotheplayeranamountequalto20%ofEUR27,298(thesumofthefirstinstalmentunderbothagreements),whichistheonlyamountthattheRespondentconsidersdue.Inthissense,theRespondentarguesthatthepenaltyrequested,i.e.EUR43,677equals“160%”oftheamountactuallydue(EUR27,298)andmustbeconsideredexcessiveand,hence,lowered,alsoconsideringthattheRespondentwasonlyindefaultofpaymentfor4daysbeforethepresentclaimwaslodged(counti

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