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As follow-up to my earlier posts on the Diarra ruling and Viktor Gyokeres’ transfer saga, this edition will take a closer look at the “protected period” in a player’s contract.[1] FIFA’s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players define this as the contract’s initial two-to-three-year stretch, when an unjustified breach will subject the player, …
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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 …
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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 …
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Earlier this month, the Court of Justice for the European Union (the “CJEU”), issued its long-awaited judgment in Diarra[1] – a case that targets the core of FIFA’s transfer system. As expected, subject to confirmation by the lower court, the CJEU struck portions of FIFA’s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (the “RSTP”) …
On October 4, the Court of Justice for the European Union (“CJEU”) will announce its decision in FIFA v. BZ (“Diarra”). Technically, the court will determine whether FIFA’s rules punishing clubs for signing players who break their previous contracts comply with European Union law. But if the CJEU answers this question in the negative, its ruling …
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