Question juridique clé
Whether the CAS arbitral award violated the right to be heard by relying on an unforeseeable legal basis for the interest start date.
Solution extraite
No. The player’s own submissions were unclear and partly inconsistent, and the start date of interest was a recurring issue that could be decided without prior specific questioning.
Motifs extraits
The Federal Tribunal held that parties are only exceptionally entitled to be heard on legal questions; here the point was foreseeable. The player’s request for interest from 2 August 2005 went beyond a mere confirmation request and was imprecise, so any misunderstanding was attributable to him.