FIFA’s historic decision could have consequences
Resolution “The Case of Diarra’s Girl” may cause serious consequences in transfer market. Turning point. He Court of Justice of the European Union decided this Friday that some rules FIFAconcerning the transfer of players are contrary to European law, since impede free movement and limit competition between clubs.
And what does this mean? Well, FIFA there will be no choice but to change some points of the transfer rules, in particular 17.4 and 17.5because he European Court believes that “they can interfere with the free movement of professional football players who want to progress in their career and work in a new club.
THE DIARRA CASE VERDICT CHANGES EVERYTHING
This change will therefore have several implications for the transfer market system. The “driver” of all this, so to speak, was Lass Diarra who received a sentence CJEU and came out victorious against FIFA. And the Frenchman challenged the rules applicable to contractual relations between players and clubs contained in Regulations regarding the status and transfer of players (RETJ)accepted FIFA.
Girl Diarra in front of Andoni Iraola / EFE
After this decision European Court ruled that the current rules violate the right European Union on the free movement of people. “These rules impose significant legal risks, unforeseen and potentially very high financial risksand also important sports risks for players and clubs who wish to apply them, which together hinder the international transfers of these players,” it adds.
END OF TRANSFER OF RIGHTS?
Now if Court will make the final decision, he could effectively declare that all the current system violates the right European Union. A solution that would mean that FIFA will lose its current power over signature system and will give players the rightthey break contracts and change clubs with impunity.
Grealish, Coutinho, Bellingham and Caicedo are some of the most expensive signings in history / Agencies
Therefore it would be end of transfer of rights. Something that can cause harm small clubswho practically live off this income. Thus, big stars could offer their services for free, but in exchange for huge salarieswhich would give the richest clubs (especially Premier League) the opportunity to get hold of the best football players.