Real Madrid To Pay Ruben De La Red Disability Pension
Real Madrid look to have accepted that De La Red will not be able to return to football...
In what will come as a huge setback to Real Madrid youth product Ruben De La Red's chances of someday returning to playing football, Real Madrid are set to consider the young midfielder as an indefinite absence. Los Blancos will pay the player a disability pension of €1,500 a month instead of the remaining two years of his professional contract, reports Spanish sports daily Marca.
The youngster's course of action remains unknown as, unwilling to accept his permanent retirement from the game because of a heart condition, De La Red could pursue legal arbitration against his club to prevent an end to his playing career.
De La Red has undertaken a multitude of tests, but they've yet to show anything conclusive with respect to a cardiac ailment. This is the condition which is thought to have led to the former Getafe player fainting on the pitch in a Copa del Rey match last season and has ruled him out of play ever since.
The young midfielder was a hugely promising prospect out of the Real Madrid youth system, and was included in Spain's championship-winning Euro 2008 squad before his illness struck. He had also become a valuable squad member in Los Blancos' all-star first team.
http://goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/01/14/1744857/real-madrid-to-pay-ruben-de-la-red-disability-pension
What does everyone think? Are RM right in basically telling Ruben he won't be playing again..or are they justifying their decision by at least paying him? Albeit not what he would have gotten if he was still playing..
Real Madrid CF wishes to inform of the following:
1.-As a football club, Real Madrid and all its players with an employment contract are subjected to the current employment legislation.
2.-When the player Ruben de la Red suffered from a severe stroke, he was awarded sick leave by the Social Security, as usually applied. That is when the Temporal Incapacity period started, which lasts for 15 months and is still valid as of today.
3.-The player's sick leave was processed as a labour accident, given that the stroke took place as the player was practicing his profession as a football player. And, as is the case with every worker in Spain, the country's Mutua Patronal de Accidentes de Trabajo (Labour Accidents Employer's Society) took upon itself (as a delegate of the Social Security), to monitor the Temporal Incapacity period.
4.-Once a year of Temporal Incapacity has gone by, according to the Social Security Law it is possible for the Society to issue a report regarding the possibility to extend the Temporal Incapacity period to a maximum of 18 months, or to begin an inquiry for disability because it considers the medical perspective doesn't allow for the player to be cured in said period of time.
5.-This administrative process is regulated by Law and managed by the Public Administration. It is compulsory for the employing company to see it through. Real Madrid is the employing company in this case and isn't part of the entire process, but awaits the report that the Society must issue eventually.
6.-The Club has complied at all times with the Law and with all the contractual obligations it has with the player.
7.-Real Madrid has always been available to serve the player in whatever he may need and once again wishes to express its support and solidarity towards him.
http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202809509441/noticia/Noticia/Real_Madrid_announcement_regarding_Ruben_de_la_Red.htm