The FIFA issued its resolution last Friday and dismissed the complaint filed by the Chilean team against its counterpart from Ecuador for the Byron Castillo case, who was accused of being Colombian and thus opting for the last quota for the World Cup Qatar 2022. For this reason, the soccer player from León de México will sue the Chilean entity for damages, according to his lawyer.
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Andres Holguinlawyer of Byron Castillo, He gave an interview to an Ecuadorian media in which he provided details about the complaint that the player will file against the Chilean Football Federation, or the National Association of Professional Football (ANFP).
“Byron could have been sold in the previous transfer book, in January, but as a result of all these things, everything got complicated. There we can have a possible criterion to evaluate the demand. What they were offering for Byron in December and what they ended up paying for him,” she stated.
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Likewise, the lawyer continued. “Byron’s offer in his contract, which could have been a value in January. The money that Byron lost by staying these months in Ecuador, all that could give us a number in sports. The value of the moral and psychological damage caused to the player is missing, which is more difficult to verify, but there are ways to do it and we must see where we are going to sue to know how much we are going to ask for, ”he continued.
In his last intervention, the legal defender of Byron Castillo He expressed that there will be a lawsuit and it will not stop until justice is done and there is, in addition, a fair rectification from the Chilean Football Federation, since it is understood that the ANFP will appeal the FIFA ruling to go to the TAS (Tribunal de Sports Arbitration).
“A lawsuit for damages is one of the most complicated lawsuits because it is difficult to prove moral damages. We are lucky that we are talking about a footballer and as cruel as it sounds, a footballer has a price, unlike an ordinary person, like us. That helps us a lot,” he added.