Brazilian media confirmed that Al-Jazira Club filed a lawsuit against Cruzeiro after signing the Brazilian player Thiago Neves in 2017 in a free transfer deal, despite its association with a contract with the "pride of Abu Dhabi".
The newspaper "O Tempo" said that "the Sports Court of Arbitration (Cass) will hear, on August 25, a lawsuit from Al-Jazira Club, during which it requests to obtain 53.1 million Brazilian riyals (9 million euros) due to the transfer of Neves to Cruzeiro without the consent of the Emirates club." That "the lawsuit is based on the fact that the Brazilian player was associated with a valid contract with Al-Jazeera," while noting that "Cruzeiro contracted with Neves after the latter canceled his contract unilaterally on the grounds that he did not receive his salaries and at the same time sued Al-Jazira Club to obtain On the overdue wages he did not receive. ”
She explained that «Cruzeiro had obtained an acquittal ruling from the charge against him by contracting a player who has a valid contract with another club in July 2019, indicating that the club’s lawyer, Perino Tannuri, will submit documents proving Cruzeiro’s innocence against the appeal made by Al-Jazira Club in ( cup)".
The Al-Jazira Club contracted Thiago Neves in July 2015 from the Saudi Hilal for 11 million euros, according to the (Transfer Market) website, which specializes in the player transfer market, as the Brazilian player participated with «Fakhr Abu Dhabi» in 34 games with a rate of 2901 minutes A minute, he scored eight goals and made 11 goals, before leaving the squad in the 2016-2017 season, for Nevis to cancel his contract in October 2016, and he signed a new contract with Cruzeiro in January 2017, and he continued with him for three seasons while he moved last January to the Brazilian Gremio In a free transfer.
With this, Al-Jazira joins Al-Wahda club in the financial claims of the Brazilian club, and the International Football Federation decided, last month, to deduct six points from the balance of Cruzeiro in the local league competition, because the club did not pay 800 thousand dollars to Al-Wahda.
Al-Annabi is demanding that this amount be obtained in exchange for the Brazilian Denilson transfer to Cruzeiro in 2016, as the Al-Wahda club refused a request from the Brazilian club regarding the installment of 800 thousand dollars, which “Al-Annabi” deserves in exchange for loaning Brazilian player Denelson Pereira to Cruzeiro in the 2016-2017 season Al-Annabi contracted Denelson from Sao Paulo for $ 3.3 million in the 2015-2016 season, with a contract that extends to three seasons. He participated in 23 matches and scored one goal against Emirates Club and made a goal against Fujairah, before leaving From the list of Al-Wahda in the 2016-2017 season and transferring on loan to Brazilian Cruzeiro for one season.
Al-Jazira joined Al-Wahda Club in the financial claims of the Brazilian Cruzeiro.