Abdulai Juma Bah and his agent informed Real Valladolid yesterday afternoon of their intention to unilaterally break the contract between the two parties. Previously, yesterday afternoon, Manchester City sent a notice asking Real Valladolid to open negotiations for the player for a possible definitive transfer. Today, the player from Sierra Leone has decided not to show up at his workplace for the morning training session. For all these reasons, the Club holds the player responsible for the breach of his contractual commitments, and has asked its legal department to initiate disciplinary action in this regard.
The Club believes that behind the player's decision is Manchester City, part of the City Football Group, who appear to have advised the player to take this route which places Real Valladolid in a situation of defencelessness, after having recently rejected financial offers of a higher amount, especially when the player, who is in a protected legal period of youth stage and who in recent times had refused to sign a [professional] player's license in a team of a higher category, as this would lead to an automatic increase in his release clause. Yesterday, the three parties were warned of this situation by means of different summons, warning them of the possible consequences of their actions.
The player's intention, allegedly backed and guided by Manchester City and his agent, has caused great disappointment and indignation within Real Valladolid, who welcomed Juma Bah with open arms and gave him the opportunity of a lifetime.
The Royal Spanish Football Federation has just confirmed that the player has deposited the amount for the unilateral termination of the contract. In this sense, Real Valladolid informs that it reserves the right to go to the appropriate legal and sporting jurisdictions to exercise its rights and defend its interests.