US defender Reggie Cannon wins court case over unpaid wages from Boavista | USA

The American defender Reggie Cannon won his appeal before the Arbitration Court for Sport (case), which canceled a decision of the FIFA disputes’ settlement chamber and will lead to the player’s duty of around 400,000 euros ($ 468,000) from the Portuguese football club Boavista.

The court said on Wednesday that he had canceled FIFA’s decision on July 3.

“In the end, who knows if I will see this money, considering the club,” said Cannon on Thursday during a telephone interview with the Associated Press. “I hope I end up being paid. Many things in FIFA just require patience.”

Case said that the parties, who include the Rangers of the Queens Park English Club club, have some time to ask for the decision of the decision remains confidential and that if they do not, it will be published.

“I feel completely justified as well as QPR,” he said. “I had to remain silent on this subject for a long time. To finally have a decision and now be authorized to talk about it is so invigorating. I’m so happy. “

Today aged 27 years and member of the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer, Cannon was transferred from Dallas to Boavista in September 2020 and agreed with a five-year contract with annual wages ranging from 175,000 euros (then $ 207,000) for 2020-21 to 550,000 euros for 2024 to 25 (currently $ 645,000).

Cannon filed several default opinions in 2021 and 2023. The Portugal Arbitration Commission in July 2023 decided that he had the right to terminate the contract.

He terminated the agreement in June 2023, citing unpaid wages and signed a four-year contract with QPR in September for wages ranging from 180,000 pounds (then $ 220,000) for 2023-24 to 725,000 pounds (currently $ 685,000) for 2026-27.

Boavista claimed a breach of contract and told QPR in December 2023 that it owed 2,107,425 euros (then $ 2.27 million). The Portuguese club has filed a complaint with FIFA and Cannon has filed a reconvention request.

A chamber of the resolution of disputes of FIFA of three people from Frans de Weger, Mario Flores Chemor and Roy Vermeer judged in June 2024 that Cannon owed 88,000 euros (then $ 94,000) per Boavista more interest and that QPR had Boavista 1,287,000 euros (then $ 1.37 million).

Case said that he had canceled the decision, with the exception of a small part detailing the history of the cases.

“It took so many days,” said Cannon. “The quantity of legal things on which I had to read, the quantity of calls with the lawyers, the trip to Switzerland, which I did for the real case. I have the impression that it took so much of my mental space, so much of my time, a large part of my energy. In the end, that is why I feel such a weight.”

QPR spokesperson Paul Morrissey said the club had refused to comment, and that FIFA and Boavista had not responded to AP requests to comment.