Samuel Ezeala’s requests were rejected. The winger demanded 680,000 euros from his former club ASM Clermont. A sum that the Auvergne club will not have to pay according to the deliberations rendered, this Monday, July 1, by the industrial tribunal of Clermont-Ferrand.
Samuel Ezeala will not receive a single cent from ASM Clermont, according to our colleagues at Rugby Rama. The former “yellow and blue” had his claims for compensation rejected this Monday, July 1, according to the deliberations of the Clermont-Ferrand industrial tribunal.
The player and his lawyer Arnaud Dubois requested on April 8, during a hearing, compensation of nearly 680,000 euros from the Auvergne club for damages as well as moral and financial damage (up to 150,000 euros).
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In an interview given to The TeamSamuel Ezeala estimated that from July 1, 2023, he should have received three years of salary, according to a “written agreement” that he would have made with the Clermont leaders. In the columns of Rugby Rama, Didier Retière, director of sports development, replied by stipulating that “no written agreement was signed. There were exchanges of emails, that’s all”. A version retained by the industrial tribunal.
Having left for Pau last season, where he played 20 matches and scored 9 tries, Samuel Ezeala will play next season at Stade Français.
