Bolton Wanderers have decided to sue Barcelona for training rights over defender Marcos Alonso, joining Spanish side Unión Adarve in taking a case to FIFA.
That’s according to Carrusel Deportivo, who say The Trotters have joined their Spanish counterparts in claiming the defender’s arrival at the Nou Camp was not on a free transfer.
We covered a report last month that stated Unión Adarve had ‘filed a complaint’ to FIFA over Alonso’s move to the Nou Camp last summer.
He made the switch from Chelsea on a free transfer but the Spanish argued this was not the case, believing that they have evidence there was actually a deal in place between Barcelona and Chelsea for a transfer that saw Pierre Emerick Aubameyang going the other way.
They, therefore, believe that if money was involved they are owed financial compensation for training rights for the player who was there between 2001 and 2005.
It seems Bolton feel the same, with Carrusel Deportivo reporting that they have ‘also sued’ Barcelona and sent a case to FIFA for their own portion of training rights.
That’s because Alonso spent three years at the club earlier in his career, joining Bolton from RM Castilla in 2010 in a €2.4m deal before leaving for Fiorentina in 2013.
That entitles them to training rights in future transfers and it seems, spurred on by Unión Adarve taking the initiative, have now filed their own case with FIFA.
At the moment theirs is separate to that of the Spanish side but it is made clear the two clubs ‘could join’ forces as they try to get money that they believe is owed to them.
