FC Barcelona must also be compensated for Araujo

Bad luck has taken its toll on him FC Barcelona in just 24 hours. Last Friday was Pedri who retired injured in the Eurocup against Germany and this past dawn it was the Uruguayan central defender Ronald AraujoIn this case, it was the centre-back himself who suffered the injury 30 minutes into the match. America Cup against Brazil. While we wait to find out the extent of the injury and whether or not there is a rupture, what is certain is that the Blaugrana club will also have to be compensated if the time of inactivity is longer than 28 days.

In this case, FIFA, through CONMEBOL, the tournament organizer, will have to pay these amounts to the club. Because the player protection program is also in effect for the Copa América. In this case, it will be from August 3 when the club will have to start receiving the amounts set by the FIFA program, which has been in effect since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The coverage of the same continues to be based on providing compensation, based on the player’s fixed salary, to football clubs in the event that the footballers who play in this Euro Cup are injured and “lasting more than 28 consecutive days, as a result of bodily injury caused by an accident during the operational time of the matches“.

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The coverage starts from the moment they have been placed in training camp and ends at midnight on the day their participation with the national team ends or they return home or 48 hours after they have left the national team. The affected club has a period of 28 days from the date of the injury to file a claim with FIFA. Otherwise, it will be rejected. In the case of FC Barcelona, they can file a claim from the aforementioned 3rd of August, one day after Pedri, when these days of continuous absence of the Uruguayan centre-back would be up.