EU top court says some FIFA player transfer rules breach EU law
3 months, 1 week ago

EU top court says some FIFA player transfer rules breach EU law

Live Mint  

By Julien Pretot {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} PARIS - Some of FIFA's rules on player transfers go against European Union laws and free movement principles, the EU's top court said on Friday, in a ruling that could open the door for players to find a new club more easily after their contract is terminated. FIFA's Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players say a player who terminates a contract before its term "without just cause" is liable to pay compensation to the club, and where the player joins a new club they will be jointly liable for payment of compensation. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} FIFA'S AUTHORITY MAY BE IN QUESTION Dupont said the whole transfer system would change with the court's ruling. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} "It's entirely possible this means players will feel they can now break contracts and sign on with new clubs, without the selling club being able to hold them or demand significant transfer fees," Giles said.

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FIFA amends transfer regulations following Lassana Diarra ruling
3 weeks, 1 day ago

FIFA amends transfer regulations following Lassana Diarra ruling

The Hindu  

FIFA has adopted an interim framework concerning the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, world football’s governing body said on Monday, following a Court of Justice of the European Union ruling. In October, the EU’s top court said some of FIFA’s rules on player transfers went against European Union laws and free movement principles in a case linked …

FIFPRO against FIFA’s temporary changes to transfer rules
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

FIFPRO against FIFA’s temporary changes to transfer rules

Associated Press  

ZURICH — The world soccer players’ union disagreed with FIFA’s temporary changes to transfer rules on Monday following the landmark Lassana Diarra judgement. “Following Lassana Diarra’s successful challenge against the legality of Article 17 of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, FIFPRO informed FIFA of the conditions under which it could negotiate the amendments to the …

Will global soccer be reshaped after EU’s top court issued a major ruling in Lassana Diarra case?
3 months, 1 week ago

Will global soccer be reshaped after EU’s top court issued a major ruling in Lassana Diarra case?

Associated Press  

The global soccer transfer market, worth more than $10 billion each season, is facing a revolutionary overhaul or a nuanced evolution following last week’s ruling by the European Court of Justice in the Lassana Diarra case. The court also found that FIFA regulations breached the bloc’s competition law because they aim at restricting and preventing “cross-border competition which could be …

Will global soccer be reshaped after EU's top court issued a major ruling in Lassana Diarra case?
3 months, 1 week ago

Will global soccer be reshaped after EU's top court issued a major ruling in Lassana Diarra case?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The global soccer transfer market, …

Lassana Diarra case finds Fifa transfer rules ‘contrary to EU law’
3 months, 1 week ago

Lassana Diarra case finds Fifa transfer rules ‘contrary to EU law’

The Independent  

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Landmark ruling from top EU court says some FIFA rules on transfers are contrary to EU law
3 months, 1 week ago

Landmark ruling from top EU court says some FIFA rules on transfers are contrary to EU law

Associated Press  

Some FIFA rules on player transfers are contrary to European Union legislation relating to competition and freedom of movement, the EU’s top court said on Friday. The European Court of Justice’s ruling came after former France international Lassana Diarra legally challenged FIFA rules following a dispute with a club dating to a decade ago. “The rules in question are such …

Lassana Diarra case explained: The ‘new Bosman’ set to transform football’s transfer market forever
3 months, 1 week ago

Lassana Diarra case explained: The ‘new Bosman’ set to transform football’s transfer market forever

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That is when the European Court of Justice will rule on the …

FIFA says $6.5 billion of international spending in transfer window
4 months, 1 week ago

FIFA says $6.5 billion of international spending in transfer window

Associated Press  

ZURICH — Spending on transfer fees in international men’s player deals cooled off during the mid-year trading period, according to FIFA research published on Tuesday. FIFA said clubs committed to spend $6.46 billion on buying players in cross-border deals during the June-to-September transfer window — down from $7.43 billion in the same period a year ago. Deals in the top-10 …

EU legal adviser says some FIFA player transfer rules may breach EU law
8 months, 2 weeks ago

EU legal adviser says some FIFA player transfer rules may breach EU law

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — FIFA rules on transfers can conflict with European Union legislation relating to competition and freedom of movement because they limit possibilities for players to change clubs, and for clubs to hire, a senior EU legal adviser said on Tuesday. Advocate General Maciej Szpunar gave his opinion after French soccer player Lassana Diarra legally challenged FIFA rules. The former …

Seeking to curb player agent fees, FIFA's Gianni Infantino calls on lawmakers for help and targets England
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Seeking to curb player agent fees, FIFA's Gianni Infantino calls on lawmakers for help and targets England

Hindustan Times  

FIFA has called on lawmakers to help control payments to player agents in the multi-billion dollar soccer transfer market, and targeted the world’s richest league in England. English clubs paid 500 million euros in fees to agents in the year to February, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Friday, while paying just 6% of that amount — 30 million euros …

Fifa vs football agents: the battle for the transfer market that you haven’t heard about
1 year, 1 month ago

Fifa vs football agents: the battle for the transfer market that you haven’t heard about

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Fifa would argue this reflects how the impetus behind the agent reforms …

Soccer player agents win key legal ruling in England against FIFA rules aiming to curb their fees
1 year, 1 month ago

Soccer player agents win key legal ruling in England against FIFA rules aiming to curb their fees

Associated Press  

ZURICH — FIFA lost a key ruling in London on Thursday against its plans to regulate soccer player agents and cap the fees and commissions they earn. In a statement, The Football Forum group of agents congratulated its president Jonathan Barnett — a long-time leading agent whose clients include Gareth Bale — for his role in “this success of paramount …

How Fifa is leading the push for football transfers’ biggest change since Bosman
1 year, 4 months ago

How Fifa is leading the push for football transfers’ biggest change since Bosman

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Good agents are hugely important,” says Jan Kleiner, Fifa’s director of football …

FIFA study shows English and Saudi clubs’ spending fuels record year for transfers. And agent fees
1 year, 4 months ago

FIFA study shows English and Saudi clubs’ spending fuels record year for transfers. And agent fees

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Spending by English and Saudi Arabian clubs fueled a record-setting year for soccer’s international transfer market that reached highs in deals done, money spent and agent fees, FIFA said Friday. FIFA’s analysis of male players moving between member countries from June through Sept. 1 counted 10,125 transfers, $7.36 billion spent by clubs and almost $700 million paid to …

UEFA to prevent clubs spreading cost of transfers with lengthy contracts
1 year, 6 months ago

UEFA to prevent clubs spreading cost of transfers with lengthy contracts

The Independent  

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FIFA makes first payment from finance house aiming to help small clubs
1 year, 7 months ago

FIFA makes first payment from finance house aiming to help small clubs

The Hindu  

The first money processed by a new FIFA finance department was the 159,900 euros paid to a French amateur club on Monday from the transfer of former youth player Benoît Badiashile to Chelsea. The Paris-based FIFA Clearing House was created by soccer’s governing body to bring more transparency to deals and ensure about $300 million extra each year is paid …

Cologne hit with FIFA transfer ban over youth player signing
1 year, 9 months ago

Cologne hit with FIFA transfer ban over youth player signing

The Hindu  

German football club Cologne said FIFA has banned it from signing new players next season as punishment for breaking transfer rules in the case of a promising 17-year-old forward from Slovenia. Cologne said in a statement late on Wednesday that it was accused of inciting Jaka Cuber Potocnik to break his contract with Olimpija Ljubljana in his home country. Cologne …

FIFA January Snapshot Confirms Recovery of Transfer Market
1 year, 11 months ago

FIFA January Snapshot Confirms Recovery of Transfer Market

News 18  

The International Transfer Snapshot of January released by FIFA has confirmed the recovery of the global transfer market. A total of 4,387 international transfers in men’s football hit a new high in January after the Transfer Matching System was introduced in 2010. This is the third consecutive year that FIFA has published such a snapshot shortly after the conclusion of …

Barcelona, Bayern Munich and the biggest summer transfers around Europe
2 years, 4 months ago

Barcelona, Bayern Munich and the biggest summer transfers around Europe

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. LaLiga’s £55m net spend was the next highest total outlay, which factors …

January Transfer Spend Up Almost 75 Percent From Last Year, Says FIFA Study
2 years, 11 months ago

January Transfer Spend Up Almost 75 Percent From Last Year, Says FIFA Study

News 18  

Transfer spending in men’s soccer went up by 74.7 per cent in the January window compared to last year as clubs signed more players in a sign of a recovery following two pandemic-hit years, world governing body FIFA said on Tuesday. A total of 3,791 international transfers were completed across men’s and women’s soccer — a rise of 28 per …

FIFA set to enforce limits on player loan transfer system
2 years, 11 months ago

FIFA set to enforce limits on player loan transfer system

The Hindu  

FIFA is finally ready to enforce limits on the number of players clubs can send and take on loans internationally, two years after new rules were delayed by the pandemic. The plans FIFA outlined on Thursday aim to stop wealthy clubs stockpiling players they have signed, encourage developing their young talent, and promote competitive balance in football. Among the concerns …

English clubs led the way in spending on players this year: FIFA
3 years, 4 months ago

English clubs led the way in spending on players this year: FIFA

The Hindu  

English clubs spent the most money on players among FIFA's member associations in the transfer window which ran from June to August, world football's governing body said on Tuesday. FIFA's International Transfer Snapshot report said English clubs shelled out $1,146.6 million on players in the window, which was more than the next two countries -- Spain and France -- put …

FIFA says spending on international transfer fees nearly tripled in 10 years
3 years, 4 months ago

FIFA says spending on international transfer fees nearly tripled in 10 years

The Hindu  

Spending on international transfer fees over the last decade increased from $2.66 billion in 2012 to a peak of $7.35 billion in 2019, while players' agents received $3.5 billion in commissions, a study by world governing body FIFA said. The study said average transfer fees for players moving to a club in a different country rose steadily between 2012 and …

The staggering details from FIFA's report on the last 10 years' transfers
3 years, 4 months ago

The staggering details from FIFA's report on the last 10 years' transfers

Daily Mail  

A staggering FIFA report on transfers over the last 10 years has outlined the shifting dynamics of the market and revealed the sheer amount of money that some clubs have lost, as well as who the top earners in the world are. A staggering FIFA report on transfers over the last 10 years has outlined the state of the market …

International transfer spending drops over 30 percent says FIFA report
4 years, 3 months ago

International transfer spending drops over 30 percent says FIFA report

The Hindu  

The amount of money spent on international transfers in the window which closed on Tuesday dropped by more than 30 percent compared to the corresponding period last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, FIFA said in a report on Friday. FIFA announced that a total of $3.92 billion was spent by clubs worldwide between June 1 and October 6 in the …

Transfer market could shrink up to 30%, says European club boss Agnelli
4 years, 4 months ago

Transfer market could shrink up to 30%, says European club boss Agnelli

The Hindu  

European clubs are facing a cash crisis and the transfer market could shrink by 20%-30% because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the association which represents them said on Tuesday. Andrea Agnelli, chairman of the European Club Association, said clubs across the continent were losing revenue from broadcasters, gate receipts and sponsors due to measures to combat COVID-19. He …

Coronavirus: Prices will be negotiated in next transfer window
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Prices will be negotiated in next transfer window

The Hindu  

Elite European clubs will be able to sign players at "fire-sale prices" in the next transfer window due to the financial pressure brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. "There will be many clubs in Europe who are under financial distress and therefore they will be trying to sell off assets and willing to accept fire-sale or liquidation-sale prices for players …

La Liga chief warns European football to respect €350m in owed transfer fees to Spanish clubs
4 years, 9 months ago

La Liga chief warns European football to respect €350m in owed transfer fees to Spanish clubs

The Independent  

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Uncertainty abounds as football’s transfers grind to a halt
4 years, 9 months ago

Uncertainty abounds as football’s transfers grind to a halt

The Hindu  

With football having ground to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic, the usual transfer rumour mill has fallen silent and nobody cares much where Neymar or Paul Pogba might be playing next season. A study by KPMG this week estimated that cancelling the rest of this season would cost clubs across Europe’s top five leagues as much as four …

Ibrahimovic's agent Raiola threatens FIFA with legal action
5 years, 2 months ago

Ibrahimovic's agent Raiola threatens FIFA with legal action

The Hindu  

A group of football agents led by “super-agent” Mino Raiola has threatened FIFA with legal action over a proposed cap on transfer commissions, documents seen by AFP on Thursday show. “We continue to hope that FIFA and all associations involved will understand the situation and refrain from implementing the proposals and that they will instead enter into an open dialogue …

APNewsBreak: Study finds huge wealth gap in European soccer
5 years, 4 months ago

APNewsBreak: Study finds huge wealth gap in European soccer

Associated Press  

A study commissioned by UEFA to aid in the debate over the future of the Champions League shows the financial and talent gap between the top five European leagues and the other 50 leagues on the continent is growing. One of the most recent leagues to publicly denounce the ECA was the Czech Republic, which said their clubs agreed it …

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