Leeds United summer signing Lucas Perri has filed a lawsuit in Brazil’s Labor Court against former club Botafogo.
That’s according to Ge Global, who report that the Leeds goalkeeper is demanding R$2.8m, around €400,000 from his former club.
They report that Perri, who played for Botafogo between 2022 to 2023 and was one of the standout players in that period, filed a lawsuit in the 65th Labor Court of Rio de Janeiro last Thursday demanding R$2,834,964.68 from Botafogo for ‘labour debts’.
The first hearing for the case is scheduled for November 5th. The goalkeeper’s lawsuit references image rights, FGTS (Unemployment Fund for Workers’ Severance Fund), and outstanding severance pay.
The player’s defence team have so far refused to comment when contacted and Botafogo’s advisors are also declining to comment at this moment in time.
Perris was one of Botafogo’s standout players during his time at the club and the first to be called up by Brazil in four years when he was selected in 2023. He joined Lyon at the end of that season and then moved to Leeds this summer in a €16m deal.