Leeds United are expected to be forced to pay €21m to RB Leipzig for striker Jean-Kevin Augustin.
That’s according to BILD, who provide the latest update in the long running court saga between the two clubs.
They explain that the Court of Arbitration for Sport, based in Switzerland, are yet to deliver a final judgement on the case despite verbal hearings being heard in March.
Leipzig believe they are owed €21m by Leeds after Augustin moved to the club on loan in the 2020 January transfer window.
That deal included a mandatory purchase clause if they were promoted to the Premier League, which they eventually were.
However, Leeds have argued the clause was not valid as the season ended after the terms laid out in the contract due to the pause in the season caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
The two clubs have been battling it out in court ever since, with FIFA initially ruling in Leipzig’s favour but Leeds taking it to CAS to be decided.
It’s been a slow process with them due to a huge backlog, but verbal hearings were held in March and it’s now believed that the transfer dispute should be clarified at the beginning of November.
Leipzig are ‘eagerly awaiting’ the outcome as they have technically already spent the €21m they are owed after they ‘commissioned legal opinion’ on the matter and were told there is ‘a high probability of a positive verdict’.
In other words, the German club have sought independent legal advice and been told it’s likely Leeds will be told to pay the €21m by CAS.
