Eduardo’s agent Zdravko Mamic has sued the former Arsenal man after Eduardo stopped paying him a fee agreed upon in his civil contract.
When Eduardo signed with Mamic the player agreed to pay the agent 20% of everything he earned over his lifetime. Eduardo’s earnings dropped dramatically when he left Arsenal and since then has stopped paying the agent as Dudu no longer believed the contract was correct and changed agents.
There seems to be a number of issues with regards to the contract. Firstly is the length of the payments – lifetime, and secondly is the percentage which is 10% higher than what is usually agreed upon in these types of contracts with many young Croatian players apparently agreeing to higher terms at the start of their careers.
Ivica Crnic, Eduardo’s lawyer, said
Mario Mamic may now require the involuntary sale of Eduardo’s property – an apartment and two cars.
Mamic himself says
I asked for what I invested, I did not even ask for any profit.
That, of course, seems hard to believe.
The court case is expected to have an impact on other players who are under similarly harsh obligations when it comes to paying agents.
The first verdict has been given in favour of the agent and this could see him force Eduardo to sell those assets in order to make the repayments.
Thanks to @Arsenalofka for the heads up on this.
