The future of Angel Correa It is an uncertainty right now in the Atlético de Madrid After the reaction of the player last Sunday at the stadium Metropolitan And after the answer yesterday from the club about a player's contract. But the player now has a door for an exit, and even in the event that there was no agreement for his departure this summer.
The key is in the transient norm of article 17 of the Regulation on the statute and transfer of FIFA players which is in force since January 1, 2025 after the previous one was suspended as a result of the judgment of October 4 of last year of the EU Court of Justice who resolved on the player's complaint Lass Diarra and after the French player decided to break his contract without just cause with the Lokomotiv de Moscú. That is, for the rupture of a player's contract for just cause.
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The intention of FIFA It is that from July 1 there was the final writing, but which is the article that the Argentine player could take to take on, which is also no longer in the so -called “protected period”. This period includes the first three years of the footballer's contract, when he is less than 26 and two above 28. Correa He signed his extension until June 2026 in 2022, so he would be out of this period.
And the writing of Article 17 That right now it is in force regarding this fair cause: “A contract may be terminated by any of the parties without consequences of any kind (or payment of compensation or imposition of sports sanctions) when there is just cause. In general, there will be just cause in any circumstance in which it can no longer be expected reasonably and in good faith that a part continues a contractual relationship.”
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That does not mean that the Argentine player would have to compensate when Atlético de Madrid for the year subtracting from the contract until June 2026 .: “In all cases, the party harmed by the contractual breach of the counterpart will have the right to receive compensation. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 20 and in Annex 4 in relation to compensation for training, and unless the contract provides otherwise, compensation for the breach will be calculated taking into account the damage suffered, according to the principle, according to the principle, according to the principle, according to the principle, according to the principle of the “positive interest”, attending to the individual facts and circumstances of each case, and taking into account the legislation of the country in question “
And then there is the influence of a third party, the destination club of Angel Correawhere the second paragraph of the current article 17 is written as follows: “The right to compensation cannot be given to a third party. The new club of a player will be considered jointly responsible for the payment of compensation if, taking into account the provisional regulatory frame
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That is to say the destination club of Angel Correa It would not be sanctioned as it had been happening so far, unless it is demonstrated that it has influenced at the time of the contract rupture. The transient wording remains as follows: “A sports sanction will be imposed (any club that has breached the contract during the protected period or the new club of a player if, taking into account the individual facts and circumstances of each case, it can be demonstrated that the new club induced the player to breach the contract during the protected period. Only in that case the club will be prohibited to register new players, both nationally and internationally. Two complete and consecutive registration periods.
The destination club as the player must respond in good faith if FIFA I had doubts about the influence of the destination club: “The parties have the duty to collaborate to clarify the facts and must respond in good faith to any request for evidence of a room, of the General Secretariat of the FIFA or one part. The party submitted to a test request must demonstrate that the requested evidence is likely to exist and be relevant. From the reaction of a party to a request for evidence, an adverse inference can be extracted “
His new club would have the license in 72 hours
And because, in the case of the player to decide to break his contract with the Atlético de Madrid And there would be no influence of a third club, the current transient regulations collect in article 11 of Annex 3 of the aforementioned Regulation: “When the new association of a player requests the delivery of license, the old association must, within a period of 72 hours, deliver it to the new association. The old association may no longer reject this request and if it does not respond to the within 72 hours, the new association may register the player in the new club and enter registration of the player “. That is, in 72 hours the RFEF To the Destination Association the Transfer of Angel Correa.
