At the same time that many Chinese Super League and Chinese League A professional clubs in Chinese football are deeply involved in rumors of wage arrears and dissolution, the Chinese Football Association has also caused big trouble because of salary arrears. Recently, according to the source exclusively revealed, FIFA (FIFA) made a ruling, ruling that due to the termination of the contract by Italian coach Marcello Lippi on legitimate grounds, the Chinese Football Association needs to compensate Marcello Lippi for compensation of more than 6.1 million euros.
Lippi will receive compensation of up to 6 million euros from the Chinese Football Association
In October 2016, Lippi became the head coach of the Chinese men's national football team for the first time, and led the team to almost advance in the "Top 12" of the World Cup qualifiers, and left after the National Football Team folded the Asian Cup in January 2019. In May 2019, Lippi, who had planned to retire, once again accepted the invitation of the Chinese Football Association and signed a contract that ended at the end of June 2022, completing the "second entrance" to the position of national football coach.
It was revealed that the contract stipulated that Lippi would receive a base salary of about 560,000 euros per quarter, and the total after-tax contract price exceeded 7.8 million euros. However, after signing such a high contract, the Chinese Football Association did not pay Lippi's salary in June and September as agreed in the contract, and Lippi unilaterally terminated the contract on November 1 after repeatedly asking for salary without success. After that, Lippi led the team to participate in the World Preliminary Tournament against Syria on the 14th out of sportsmanship, and the national football team lost 1-2 in this battle.
Lippi (right) with former FOOTBALL Association leader Cai Zhenhua
FIFA believes that because the Chinese Football Association still owes salaries for a long time after Lippi has repeatedly asked for salaries, although the Chinese Football Association only injected 2 million euros into Lippi's account after Lippi terminated the contract, Lippi's unilateral termination of the contract has legitimate reasons and deserves the remaining compensation of the Chinese Football Association. The remaining compensation is calculated to be approximately EUR 6.1 million.
At present, it is not known whether the Chinese Football Association has paid the compensation in full, and it is speculated that the Chinese Football Association may take measures to appeal to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport to seek further arbitration. The Chinese Football Association has also owed wages and made jokes while cracking down on clubs' unpaid wages, and losing FIFA lawsuits again and again also proves that the legal awareness of various subjects in Chinese football is weak, and randomly signing contracts and arbitrarily defaulting will only lead to more severe punishment in the future.
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