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68 DAYS TO THE WORLD CUP #WC2026 The countdown is real. In just over two months, the biggest GAME ever kicks off 48 teams, 104 matches, three host nations. The planet will stop for 40 days of pure chaos, glory, and heartbreak. Who’s your dark horse? Who lifts the trophy?

Who was more stupid? Barca or Everton?

@israel_ajoje Yeahh ultimately that's good and its frustrating to see situations like that. No player should have to go through that. I'll like to study more on these actually.

@boss_aimarr I am also telling you from my experience in the industry that players do it, get paid and get other clubs.

There is a player somewhere right now whose club has not paid him in four months. He is still training, showing up and performing. And he has no idea that FIFA regulations give him the legal right to terminate his contract, walk away, and sign elsewhere without owing a single euro in compensation. He does not know because nobody told him. This series is for him. Refer them to me if you know any. But let's start from the beginning. Article 13 of the FIFA RSTP says a contract between a professional and a club may only be terminated upon expiry of the term or by mutual agreement. Generally, if one party- player or club wants to unilaterally terminate a contract, they have to pay the other party the remainder of the contract. For example, if I have a 5 year contract with a club at $1m per year, and I want to leave the club after my second year. I have to pay the club the equivalent of the remainder of the contract which in this case is $1m dollars for each of the last3 years, which makes a total of $3m dollars. If it was a club that wanted to send me away as well, they have to do the same. That's why you sometimes hear the term "they have bought out his contract". It means the party that is terminating the contract is paying the other party to terminate the contract. Do you understand? That is the baseline rule. As in the general principle. It upholds the fact that contracts must be respected. But the RSTP also recognises that real life is more complicated than that, which is why it builds in mechanisms for legitimate termination. There are three routes worth understanding: -termination with just cause -termination with sporting just cause, and -termination without just cause. Each one has completely different consequences. Let's start with Just cause. Article 14 of the Regulation on the Status and Transfer of Players permits either party to terminate the contract without any financial or sporting consequences where just cause exists. The RSTP defines just cause as any circumstance in which a party can no longer reasonably and in good faith be expected to continue the contractual relationship. The regulations deliberately avoid giving an exhaustive list, because just cause is assessed case by case. But in practice, the most common and most important ground is unpaid wages. Article 14bis is the specific provision for this. If a club fails to pay a player at least two monthly salaries on their due dates, the player is deemed to have just cause to terminate, provided he has first put the club in written default and given them at least 15 days to pay. Two months of unpaid wages, written default and fifteen days notice. Those are the three requirements. If you miss any one of them, the player's termination becomes much harder to defend. NB: The written default is not optional. It is a legal prerequisite. A player who walks away without sending that formal notice first will find himself in a much weaker position before the FIFA Football Tribunal, regardless of how badly the club has behaved. Article 15 gives players another ground that is often overlooked entirely. It is called sporting just cause, and it exists to protect professional players from career stagnation. If an established professional has appeared in fewer than ten percent of his club's official matches during a season, he may terminate his contract prematurely on sporting just cause grounds. The termination can only be made in the 15 days following the last official match of the season. No sporting sanctions apply in this scenario, though financial compensation may still be payable depending on the circumstances. Now let's talk about what happens to clubs that delay payments. There is a separate mechanism for this beyond just cause termination. Article 12bis of the RSTP gives players an additional tool. Where a club has delayed a payment for more than 30 days, and the player has put the club in written default with a minimum of 10 days to comply, the player can request FIFA's intervention and seek sanctions against the club. The sanctions available include warnings, reprimands, fines, and transfer bans. This means a player does not have to terminate his contract to get relief. He can use Article 12bis to pressure a club into paying while keeping his contract intact. One thing the document handed to you says that I want to be precise about. It states that the burden of proof falls on the club to demonstrate it has fulfilled its financial obligations. That is correct. If a club cannot show evidence of payment, the FIFA Football Tribunal will generally find in the player's favour. A real life example of this is Matuzalém Francelino da Silva. Matuzalém was playing for Shakhtar Donetsk when he unilaterally terminated his contract and joined Real Zaragoza. He argued just cause, relying on contractual instability and issues around the club’s conduct. The matter went before FIFA bodies and eventually CAS. While the case became more famous for the compensation that followed, it is important because it confirmed a key principle under Article 14. Where just cause is established, the player is entitled to terminate without sporting sanctions. And what's more, he can get the remainder of his contract's wages. That is the core takeaway. The DRC consistently protects players where there is a fundamental breach by the club. Typical successful Article 14 scenarios include persistent non payment of salaries, abusive working conditions, or unilateral contract changes. This is getting too long. We will continue tomorrow. In Part 2, we will uncover what happens when a contract is terminated without just cause, the consequences under Article 17 and so on. If you know any player in a similar position, refer them to me. Maybe I can help them. I have done so many times in the past. My name is Ajoje. I am a FIFA Licensed Agent and International Sports Lawyer. I write on the Law and Business of Football, a lot. Repost and Follow if you want to read more posts like this.

@israel_ajoje You're comparing mbappe who's arguably top 5 best player in the world to players who are struggling to find their foot in professional football. If mbappe sues the whole of France today he'd still have teams to play for. An average player cannot make that gamble.

@boss_aimarr Do you have an experience with a similar case? Cos even at top level, Mbappe sued PSG and is still playing for Madrid. There are many players at this level that sue their clubs over contractual issues and found another club soon after.

@israel_ajoje 90% of players that will sue their previous club even within their own rights will dead their career. This isn't sentiment

@boss_aimarr Oh please. Not putting them on the spot doesnt mean youll get your money. And there are players that actually sue, get their money and get good clubs after.

@Roderickfacts @Real1_balogun By this logic then every one that plays well for the eagles will be a legend. You can't just throw the word legend around loosely. Nobody is looking down at their performance but being a legend is different

@boss_aimarr @Real1_balogun So if osimhen ends up winning nothing for the Eagles, he isn't a legend? And does that mean every member of the 2013 winning squad is a legend.

By every logical means. Top of the reason being his exceptional availability. He’s always there. He’s always fit. Secondly, he has played at the World Cup which in my opinion is one of the highest levels you can attain as a Super Eagles player. He’s made an AFCON final, which is not a common thing too, and he’s going to be a Super Eagles centurion. Also, he’s one of the few Nigerian players who’s consistently played at a good level.

Okay we don't support two clubs per se We have a main club where the bangers happen and a side club where we increase our banter reach. For example a madrid fan most likely supports man united . This gives him the extra mile needed to banter arsenal directly

Never forget when Cech made a save, and Peter Drury said, "Peter denies Jesus again”. 😂

69 DAYS TO THE WORLDCUP. #worldcup2026 Guess the missing player from spain's 2010 world cup final starting 11 CATEGORY : HARD #WC2026

Not surprised. Lewandowski is a much better striker than isak anyday

You skipped one .

@Ellis_ "only place on the world where they don't care about football" again I see no reason why USA should host a world cup

You can see why footballers love America it’s the only place in the world where they can be normal for a bit.

LIONEL MESSI , CRISTIANO RONALDO, VINICIUS JUNIOR AND KYLIAN MBAPPE coming for an advert for the LEGO company Who would've thought we'd ever see these guys in a room together 🔥🔥

Im hoping Brazil lose all their group stage matches and get sent home embarrassingly for what they've done to the best player they've had since Ronaldo nazario💔 Shameful decision from Ancelloti #worldcup2026 #WC2026

Italy's soccer federation president, Gabriele Gravina, resigned amid political pressure on Thursday, two days after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup. The decision was quickly followed by Gianluigi Buffon stepping down as the national team's delegation chief.

Growing friction in the Portugal national team. Majority of the team led by Bruno Fernandez thinks they have a better chance at the world cup without Ronaldo Cristiano on the other hand believes he's still the main man would prefer cancelo over Bruno to succeed him as captain

@NealGardner_ Everything works well. Pique makes the team weak tho

This might sound silly, but literally my favorite thing to do when I’m on planes is create random XIs from history in search of the coolest hypothetical team… Quite chuffed with this one 😂

70 DAYS TO THE WORLD CUP #worldcup2026 Italy have failed to qualify Should we be sympathetic or is this really a matter of "they might just not be good enough"? #WC2026