FIFA obliges Besiktas to pay € 2.5 million to Víctor Ruiz

The committee investigating the case between Besiktas and the Real Betis footballer Victor Ruiz has decided that the turkish club must compensate the spanish central, who unilaterally terminated his contract with Besiktas, for not having received his salary for three months (March, April and May) during the Turkish league break. This decision forces the Istanbul team to pay about 2.5 million euros to Ruiz. The Besiktas legal department works on this conflict, and prepares its defense to appeal this decision to FIFA.

The president of the Turkish club, Ahmet Nur Cebi, showed his opinion about it: “He earned 1.7 million euros in our team. Now he plays for Real Betis and receives 400 thousand euros. In addition, players do not pay taxes in our country.”

The central, 31, He could not play with Betis in the first days of LaLiga due to the conflict he had with Besiktas, already evaluated in FIFA. Víctor Ruiz was transferred by Besiktas, from Villarreal, in the summer of 2019. The player played a total of 26 matches with the elastic of the black eagles and gave an assist.