{"id":486781,"date":"2024-10-04T10:07:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T14:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=486781"},"modified":"2024-10-04T10:07:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T14:07:44","slug":"eu-court-ruling-challenges-fifa-transfer-rules","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/eu-court-ruling-challenges-fifa-transfer-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Court ruling challenges FIFA transfer rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that some of FIFA&#8217;s regulations on player transfers are incompatible with EU laws, particularly in relation to free transfers. The ruling challenges FIFA&#8217;s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP), which state that if a player terminates a contract without just cause, they and their new club may be jointly liable for compensating the former club.<\/p>\n<p>This decision came in connection to a case involving former French footballer Lassana Diarra, who left Lokomotiv Moscow in 2014 after a contract dispute. Diarra faced significant penalties, including a \u20ac10 million damages payment ordered by FIFA, when he left the club after a salary cut and attempted to join Belgian side Charleroi. FIFA\u2019s refusal to issue an International Transfer Certificate (ITC) effectively blocked the transfer. The CJEU&#8217;s judgment stated that such measures by FIFA create legal, financial, and sporting risks that hinder the free movement of players and violate EU laws.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFPRO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIFPRO<\/a>&#8216;s statement on the judgement of the European Court of Justice in the case of Lassana Diarra vs FIFA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jfQoXrLNXx\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/jfQoXrLNXx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIFPRO (@FIFPRO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFPRO\/status\/1842135621034287239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This ruling is significant because it may force FIFA to revise its transfer regulations, particularly regarding compensation rules and the process for issuing ITCs. Diarra&#8217;s case could set a precedent for other players who have faced similar restrictions, allowing them to seek damages for losses incurred due to these rules. His lawyers argued that the decision reflects long-standing issues with FIFA&#8217;s governance in Europe and will likely pressure the organization to align more closely with EU law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that some of FIFA&#8217;s regulations on player transfers are incompatible with EU laws, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":486782,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17367],"news_category":[14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[432],"acf":{"announce":"This decision is paving the way for players' transfer reforms ","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486783,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486781\/revisions\/486783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486781"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=486781"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=486781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}