Baskonia sue Vildoza for his Zvezda transfer, court date is announced / News - Basketnews.com

Baskonia and Vildoza will meet in court on October 27th. The club believes his transfer to Crvena Zvezda last October was unlawful as the Basques did not receive financial compensation for it.

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When Luca Vildoza transferred from the NBA to Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade in October of last season, his former club in Europe - Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz - immediately reacted, saying that the transfer was illegal.

Luca Vildoza

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The Spanish club has since sued the player for his move, asking for €2 million.

Baskonia state that the player's rights in Europe belong to them as it was agreed with the player during the previous contract that was signed before Vildoza left for the NBA. The club wasn't opposed to his move to Crvena Zvezda but believes that it should've been compensated for it.

"Everything is clear: there is a signed contract with obvious conditions. It's not possible that you sign a contract with some conditions so that I let you go, and now, because you're not interested, you won't pay that money, which is two million euros," the club's president Jose Antonio Querejeta told El Correo last season.

In a recent press conference with the local media, Baskonia's sports director Felix Fernandez revealed that the court date is now clear - October 27th.

Baskonia believe that Vildoza's return to Europe wasn't coordinated with the club and consider it to be a serious breach of the agreement with the player.

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