Ampomah

Decisionofthe Players’StatusChamber passedon6November2023 regardingacontractualdisputeconcerningtheplayerOpokuAmpomah BY: JesúsArroyo,Spain CLAIMANT: K.V.R.S.Waasland-SKBeveren,Belgium RepresentedbyKristofdeSaedeleer RESPONDENT: FortunaDusseldorf,Germany RepresentedbyBlueportLegal I.Factsofthecase 1.On3July2019,theBelgianclub,K.V.R.S.Waasland-SKBeveren(hereinafter:theClaimant)receivedanoffer(hereinafter:theOffer)fromtheGermanclub,FortunaDusseldorf(hereinafter:theRespondent)forthetransferoftheservicesoftheplayerOpokuAmpomah(hereinafter:theplayer). 2.TheOfferincludedthefollowingtermsandconditions,quotedverbatim: “TransferfeePayablein3installments: 2.75Mio. 15.07.19 1Mio. 15.07.20 850T€ 15.07.21 900T€ Non-relegation 250T€ 1-12placein1.Bundesliga 100T€ Every15games 100T€ DFBCup1/8-Final 50T€ DFBCup1/4-Flnal 100T€ DFBCup1/2-Flnal 100T€ DFBCupFinal 150T€ ParticipationUEFAEuropaLeague 500T€ Bonusof1Mio.isguaranteedif[theRespondent]sellstheplayerorcontractends.Maximumbonus1.5Mio. Sell-onfee15%abovethealreadypaidnettransferandbonusfees.[TheClaimant]assumesthesolidarityandtrainingcompensation.Theofferisvalidonlyiftheplayerpassesthemedicalcheck”. 3.Alsoon3July2019,theClaimantrepliedtotheOfferandstatedinteraliaasfollows,quoted verbatim: “Totakeyourofferinconsiderationthisoffermustchangeonseveralpoints: 1/confirmationthatthebonuscanbereachedeveryyear[theplayer]isundercontractinyourclub.Soifyourclubstay3yearsin1.Bundesligawecanobtainforexample3timesthenon-relegationbonus.Ithinkitwasconfirmedbutitisnotwrittenintheproposal. 2/paymentinstalments:50%15/7/2019and50%15/7/2020.It'simpossibletowait1yearbecausewehavetore-investthemoneyinotherplayers. 3/theguaranteethatineachcaseyourclubpaysin3yearsaminimumof1.000.000€bonusandnotonlywhenyourclubresellstheplayer. Thankyouforyourreaction”. 4.On10July2019,theClaimantandtheRespondentconcludedatransferagreementbymeansofwhichtheservicesoftheplayerwerepermanentlytransferredfromtheformertothelatter(hereinafter:theTransferAgreement). 5.Clauses3.2and3.3oftheTransferAgreementreadasfollows:“3.2.Appearancebonus IncasethePlayerformspartofthestartinglineuporasasubstituteinevery15officialmatchesfor[theRespondent]thelatterwillpay[theClaimant]eachtimeanadditionalnetamountof100.000,00EUR(inwords:onehundredthousandEuros)ontopoftheTransferFeeupon. Officialmatchesinthisregardbeingmatchesinthematchesof1&2Bundesliga,theDFB-CupandtheEuropeanCompetitions(ChampionsLeague,EuropaLeague)of[theRespondent](includingpre-rounds). Iftheplayerplaysfromthebeginningorincaseofasubstitutionforatleast45minutesthiswillbecountas1appearance(inwords:one).Iftheplayerplaysincaseofasubstitutionlessthan45minutesinamatch,theappearancewillbecountedandcumulatedas‘0,5’ofoneappearance(inwords:zeropointfiveor‘half’)Decisiveistherespectiveofficialmatchreport. 3.3.Futurequalifications [TheRespondent]willpaythefollowingamountsto[theClaimant]: a)500.000,00EUR(inwords:fivehundredthousandEuros)eachtime[theRespondent]qualifiedfortheEuropeancompetition(ChampionsLeagueand/orEuropaLeague)undertheconditionthatthePlayerisintheServicesof[theRespondent]underhisinitialand/orextendedcontract; b)250,000EUR(inwords:twohundredandfiftythousandEuros)eachtime[theRespondent]didnotrelegateundertheconditionthatthePlayerisintheServicesof[theRespondent]underhisinitialand/orextendedcontract; c)100.000,00EUR(inwords:onehundredthousandEuros)eachtime[theRespondent]endsbetweenplace1and12inthe1stBundesligaundertheconditionthatthePlayerisintheServicesof[theRespondent]underhisinitialand/orextendedcontract; d)50.000,00EUR(inwords:fiftythousandeuros)eachtime[theRespondent]reachesa1/8FINALoftheDFBCupundertheconditionthatthePlayerisintheServicesof[theRespondent]underhisinitialand/orextendedcontract; e)100.000,00EUR(inwords:onehundredthousandEuros)eachtime[theRespondent]reachesa1/4FINALoftheDFBCupundertheconditionthatthePlayerisintheServicesof[theRespondent]underhisinitialand/orextendedcontract; f)100.000,00EUR(inwords:onehundredthousandEuros)eachtime[theRespondent]reachesa1/2FINALoftheDFBCupundertheconditionthatthePlayerisintheServicesof[theRespondent]underhisinitialand/orextendedcontract; g)150.000,00EUR(inwords:onehundredfiftythousandEuros)eachtime[theRespondent]reachestheFINALoftheDFBCupundertheconditionthatthePlayerisintheServicesof[theRespondent]underhisinitialand/orextendedcontract; Fortheavoidanceofanydoubtsormisunderstanding: Themaximumbonus[theClaimant]canreceiveisfixed1.500.000,00€(inwords:onemillionfivehundredthousandEuros),fromthisamountaminimumbonusof1.000.000,00€(inwords:ummillionEuros)isguaranteedif[theRespondent]sellstheplayerorhiscontractendsforanyreason,andatleastat30/06/2022. Whentheplayerisstillundercontractafter30/06/2022thebonuscanreachthetotalsumof1.500.000,00€. Thatmeansthatincase[theClaimant]didn’treachthebonusof1.000.000,00€before30/06/2022,[theRespondent]mustcoverthegapto1.000.000,00€. Forexample: Bonusreachedinyear1:400.000€Bonusreachedinyear2:200.000€Bonusreachedinyear3:0€ Andcontractwiththeplayerrunsout,then[theRespondent]