On the day of the sale of Igor Lichnovsky of Al Shabab from the Arab League, the press, the club and the fans put “the cry in the sky”. But a new independent investigation, backed by the new administration of The Blue Cross, determined that the departure of the Chilean defender was due to an error in the contract, which did not provide for any termination clause.
In a report published by the newspaper Proceso, and where all the confusion of the administration in Guillermo Alvarez head of the institution, it is reported that the team led by Pedro Caixinha paid $ 1.5 million to Cruz Azul for the South American footballer’s step: Igor cost two years before $ 3 million.
“I will be very honest: the reality is that the Arabs were very decent, because they agreed to negotiate with us and they ended up giving us a million and a half dollars, when the player cost 3 million, because it could have taken him to the good God. From what is lost, what appears “, expresses an anonymous source of the club in the investigation.
Raúl Ochoa made this report for @trial , referring to Billy Álvarez in #The Blue Cross and the subject of the contracts.
What strikes me most is the confirmation that @igor_five He went to @Anime_Games with 1.5 m. A great loss in all respects. pic.twitter.com/TIZjbDkSav
– ó (@cordova_sports)
December 20, 2020
And that’s it Robin Alvarez, son of Billy and responsible for the contracts of the cement footballers, I forgot to stipulate a termination clause in the Lichnovsky case, Therefore, the player had complete freedom to negotiate his connection with another team without having to inform The Machine.
It was this “slip” that allowed Igor to leave the Arab club for a smaller amount than the one paid by Cruz Azul to Necaxa in 2018. Without a clause that protects the footballer and sets a price to be paid by any interested party, the player has no restrictions to test the possibility of migrating to another club.