Barça goes to the CAS to demand a pending payment from Zenit for Malcom

The Court of Arbitration of the Sport (TAS) received this Wednesday a demand of the FC Barcelona against the Zenith of St. Petersburg in front of the refusal of the Russian team to credit a bonus of 490.000 corresponding euros to each classification for the Champions League, as the stipulated in the agreement pactado by both clubs in 2019. This year, the blue group credited a total of 40 'kilos' by the Brazilian, without including variables like which still demands the team culé.

In accordance with the clause, the Zenith would have to credit that mount to the Barça every time that it classified to the Champions, as long as Malcom contested at least the 50 % of the corresponding parties to the local league this season. The Barça demands the 490.000 corresponding euros to the season 2022/23, last in which the Russians advanced to the continental tournament.

However, the Zenith denies to pay because of the sanction of UEFA against the Russian clubs because of the war with Ukraine. Previously, the ones of St. Petersburg received the 'ok' of the FIFA, specifically of the judge Thulaganyo Gaoshubelwe, the one who determined that the Zenith would not have to be forced to "share an economic profit that never obtained", in addition to considering that the war in Ukraine does not have at all atribuíble to any Russian club.

The date in which the TAS will give his failure by the 'case Malcom'

After receiving the demand of the Barça, the TAS confirmed the programming of an audience for the Friday 22 March to resolve the dispute. In the meantime, the Brazilian extreme is still in action with his new club, the To the-Hilal, with which already adds 11 goals and 8 assistances in 26 parties. The player of 26 years landed in Arabia in return of 60 million euros and has adapted easily to the diagram of the technician Jorge Jesus.