The news that arrives from Switzerland is bad and that directly affect one of the historic Colombian football.
To the already known financial crisis H followed a low performance downturn that has the one indicated in embers for its classification to the Betplay I 2025 league home runs.
In case one more problem was needed, a judicial lawsuit is coming that is already of old data and that in the last hours had a definitive decision … and expensive.
Ramírez case condemns the sugar
The affected is E and Deportivo Cali, who has been sanctioned by FIFA on behalf of the lawsuit he held with the player Gustavo Ramírez, and dating from January 2025
The footballer sued the club for the breach of his salaries and benefits and, after not obtaining his money in the case he advanced before the local authorities, went to the disciplinary instances of FIFA, where he was proved in the first instance and now in the appeal of the institution.
FIFA condemned the club to total payment of $ 237,500,000 million, plus 5 percent annual interest.
According to the ruling, Ramírez will have to be paid “5 percent annual interest on the amount of $ 12,500,000 nets from January 7, 2023 to the effective payment date”, and also “5 percent annual interest on the amount of $ 225,500,000 nets from August 11, 2023, to the date of effective payment,” according to the newspaper El País.
The punishment is even more serious
In other words, being in a reorganization process, Ramírez will enter the list of creditors waiting for the payment of their monies and will not have their money in one but probably in several payments.
But the most serious thing is that FIFA's punishment also includes a sanction to Deportivo Cali of a year and a half without hiring players, which is in force since May 9.
Alfredo Arias regretted that he had no more options and that is why he ended up improvising players in different positions, such as number 9 boiler. The serious thing is that the final solution will be delayed.
