FIFA dismissed Gnagnon’s lawsuit against Sevilla for 4.6 million

The FIFA Dispute Chamber has dismissed the lawsuit filed by former French Sevilla soccer player Joris Gnagnon against the Andalusian club, in which he claimed more than 4.6 million euros for his alleged “unfair dismissal”. on September 21, 2021 due to his “lack of fitness”.

Sevilla, who a year ago unilaterally terminated the contract linking him with Gnagnon until June 2023, arguing that his “lack of professionalism” prevented him from the weight required by an elite footballer, reported this Friday in a statement that this FIFA body “proves him right” in his dispute with the French defender.

“According to this decision, Sevilla FC does not have to pay any compensation to the player, who can still appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD),” said the Seville club, where the French central defender has -claimed more than 4.6 million euros “as compensation for his dismissal due to his lack of physical fitness”.

Gnagnon, 24 years old and an under-21 international with France, is a player just over 1.80 meters tall who went over a hundred kilograms several times during his unsuccessful trip to Sevilla, despite various other special training and nutrition plans prescribed by physical trainers.

The French defender signed for Sevilla from Rennes for around 14 million euros in the summer of 2018 and, in his first season, he played sixteen official matches between the League, Cup and Europa League, although at the end of it he returned on loan to his home club.

In the spring of 2020, after the interruption of the French Ligue 1 due to the pandemic, Joris Gnagon returned to the discipline of Sevilla, where he remained throughout the 2020-21 season, but played only 29 minutes in the first round of the Cup.