Former Barcelona star Dani Alves will have to pay Liga MX’s Pumas UNAM $2.25 million (£1.6M) in compensation after a Swiss court ratified the ruling made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Alves’ contract with Mexican club Pumas was terminated in January 2023 following his arrest in Barcelona, when the Brazilian was accused of sexually abusing a woman.
Pumas originally sought compensation of $5m (and an additional $1m-plus for image rights purchased) from Alves through a clause in his contract that noted the consequence of a premature termination in the signed agreement without just cause.
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A ruling given by FIFA‘s Football Tribunal went against Pumas but was on Sept. 2025 overturned by CAS. CAS set a $2.25m that Alves had to pay the club in compensation.
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The Swiss Federal Court on June 11 confirmed the CAS ruling and the $2.25m amount to be paid.
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In addition, Alves will have to pay 17,000 Swiss francs in legal costs and a further 19,000 in procedural costs. Alves spent 14 months in jail in Barcelona but had his sexual assault conviction overturned by a Spanish court in March 2025.
Now 43, Alves became a co-owner of Portuguese third-tier outfit Sporting Clube de São João de Ver earlier this year.
