The Clément Lenglet case: CAS 2019/A/6525 Sevilla FC v. AS Nancy Lorraine

CAS 2019/A/6525 Sevilla FC v. AS Nancy Lorraine

Date of the decision: 2020-04-14

Arbitrator(s): Luigi Fumagalli Olivier Carrard Nicholas Stewart K.C.

The wording of the Sell-on clause included in the transfer agreement concluded between Sevilla FC and AS Nancy Lorraine regarding the player Clément Lenglet is wide enough to cover every kind of transfer, both in a contractual and non-contractual framework, for which Sevilla was to receive a payment.

Facts and Procedure

On 5 January 2017, the French club AS Nancy Lorraine (Nancy) and the Spanish club Sevilla FC (Sevilla) signed a transfer agreement providing for the terms and conditions of the transfer of the player Clément Lenglet (the Player) from Nancy to Sevilla.

Article 3.2 of this agreement [“Payment of an additional compensation”] (the Sell-on clause) read as follows:

“SEVILLA FC agrees to pay to ASNL an additional transfer compensation as follows:

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