Why the Gyokeres transfer saga is not the Diarra ruling’s moment

Viktor Gyokeres has a problem and so far, he has not asked the landmark Diarra ruling[1] to solve it. For at least the past two transfer windows, the Swedish striker has been the market’s resident “missing piece” – the player who would complete a lucky superclub and turn their competitive dreams into reality.  So to …

After Diarra: Q&A on the New Transfer Market

It has now been almost two months since the Court of Justice for the European Union (the “CJEU”) issued Diarra.[1] The decision held that portions of FIFA’s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (the “RSTP”) were inconsistent with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (the “EU Treaty”).  In effect, the offending …