Overview

• The Court of Arbitration for Sport recognized Pumas’ January 2023 termination of Dani Alves as for just cause following his arrest in Spain.
• The decision annuls the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber’s 2024 ruling that had ordered the Mexican club to compensate the player.
• Alves will not receive the remaining salaries he claimed and must pay financial compensation to Pumas, with the amount not disclosed.
• In its statement, Pumas called the ruling an important precedent for protecting clubs’ contractual interests.
• The club said the CAS decision is definitive, bringing the more than two-year contractual dispute to an end.