Fifa Receives 441 Claims of Unpaid wages From Europe Players
Following the rapid outbreak of coronavirus pandemic record numbers of football players are expected to make claims for unpaid wages by the end of the 2020-21 season. On the 15th of June. According to a report recently published, it says Fifa receives 441 claims of Unpaid wages and the applications are totalling to millions of dollars for financial help from players after clubs had failed to honour their obligations.
In the space of 24 hours, football governing body Fifa and world players’ union Fifpro had received more than 100 claims of unpaid wages. So far the claims received are not related to the coronavirus pandemic. Claims are made to the Fifa Fund for Football Players, which was set up earlier this year.
football players can only apply after all other legal means have been exhausted, including a hearing in front of an international or national dispute resolution chamber depending upon whether the player is employed in their home country. According to BBC Sport reports has it that the players will listened to the next year 2021 in June. That will be the deadline by which the next round of claims can be made record numbers will be chasing money.
As Fifa Receives 441 claims of unpaid wages, they also said 89% of the applications came from Europe. It is understood the most applications came from Greece, Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan. Largely, the players involved are not in a position to pay the 40,000 euros (£36,144) to take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. After lobbying by Fifpro, Fifa has set aside around £12.8m to make payments from their fund up to 2022.
