Christian Cueva’s contract with Al Fateh expires in mid-2025. (Alianza Lima)

last Tuesday, Lima Covenant formalized the incorporation of Christian Cueva in the form of a loan Al Fateh for the next six months. Thus, one of the most important players in the Peruvian team will participate in the League 1 and the Libertadores Cup 2023 with the ‘Blue and white’.

After the announcement of the Victorian entity, the Arab group issued an official statement in which it not only confirms the temporary transfer of ‘Aladdin’, but also points out that the player will respect his contract with the club, which does not expire until the end of 2025despite the Peruvian unilaterally ending their relationship, citing default.

“Al Fateh’s legal department has successfully resolved the issue of first-team professional Christian Cueva, binding him to his contract with the club until it expires, as agreed between the two parties,” Al Fateh said. in the first place.

“In solidarity with the club’s strong position in this matter, and in accordance with the club’s policies and principles regarding the fulfillment of players’ wishes and the guarantee of an adequate psychological environment for them, Al Fateh management agreed to loan the player to Peruvian club Alianza Lima until the end of the seasonafter Cueva expressed a desire to do so due to special circumstances,” reads the second part of the letter.

We know that the agreement between ‘Cave’ and the “intimate” is six months, but in Al Fateh’s statement it is unclear if the loan is until the end of the season in Saudi Arabia, agreed in the middle of the year, or in Peru, scheduled for the end of 2023.

Christian Cueva claimed four months of non-payment to get rid of his contract with Al Fateh, but he joined the club on loan to Alianza Lima.
Christian Cueva claimed four months of non-payment to get rid of his contract with Al Fateh, but he joined the club on loan to Alianza Lima.

Through an official communication, the Asian team also took the opportunity to reaffirm its position on Christian Cueva and Alex Valeratoday Alianza Lima players and Sports University, respectively, who denounced the lack of payments.

“The administration had forwarded the case of Peruvian first-team football professionals Christian Cueva and Alex Valera to the club’s legal department and international lawyer Nasreddin Azzam, after alleging that their contracts with the club had been terminated due to the delay of their economic quotas”.

The club’s management confirmed at the time that the duo’s claims were totally and absolutely incorrect.explaining that he would not hesitate to knock on all legal doors and legitimate methods and to take all measures that preserve the rights of the club”, concludes the text published on its website.

According to the first part of his statement, Al Fateh has reached an agreement with Christian Cueva, but Alex Valera’s situation is unknown. Both ended their contracts in the first days of January and even Universitario indicated that they had gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), because the cast had breached the established deadlines and owe them 60% of the agreed transfer for the striker’s pass.

Recall that the transfer of the former Deportivo Llacuabamba was around 1.3 million dollars and was going to be staggered. Various variables had been added to this price which would have increased the total amount of the transaction.

Alex Valera, like Cueva, also had a contract with the Arab club until 2025. (Al Fateh)
Alex Valera, like Cueva, also had a contract with the Arab club until 2025. (Al Fateh)

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