Overview

• Pumas said it was notified of the final arbitral award on September 1, 2025, closing the international sports-law case.
• The ruling confirms Pumas terminated Alves’ contract with just cause and revokes FIFA’s May 15, 2024 decision that had set a far smaller sum.
• The award sets a payment of $2.25 million plus 5% annual interest accruing from January 21, 2023 until full settlement.
• Arbitrators deemed the contract’s $5 million penalty excessive and did not grant recovery related to a separate image-rights agreement.
• The contractual outcome proceeded independently of Alves’ March 2025 acquittal in Spain, which did not alter the tribunal’s findings on breach.