FIFA to rewrite transfer rules after Lassana Diarra ruling: Report

FIFA will look to modify transfer rules as some laws break the European Union rules.

After a judge determines that certain of FIFA’s transfer regulations violate EU law, the organization will hold a global consultation on possible modifications to the transfer system.

FIFA have announced they will review their current transfer rules, following a European Court of Justice ruling on Lassana Diarra. More below. pic.twitter.com/xoLGoKomR1

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Lassana Diarra, a former midfielder of Chelsea and Arsenal, won his lawsuit against FIFA for compensation earlier this month at the European Court of Justice.

According to the regulations, clubs that sign a free agent are also responsible for compensating the player’s previous team if the player’s contract was terminated without cause.

After the agreement with Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow ended in 2014, Lassana Diarra claimed that the regulations violated competition law by limiting his freedom of movement.

The court acknowledged that Fifa’s regulations “impede the free movement of professional footballers wishing to develop their activity by going to work for a new club” when it denied Diarra an international transfer certificate (ITC) for a 2015 move to Belgian club Charleroi.

In an effort to modify the regulations, FIFA has now declared that it will initiate a “global dialogue” with footballing stakeholders.

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“Fifa sees the Diarra decision as an opportunity to keep modernising its regulatory framework, which has been one of the declared objectives of the Fifa president since 2016,” said Fifa chief legal and compliance officer Emilio Garcia Silvero.

FIFA’s statement following Lassana Diarra ruling

After the Lassana Diarra ruling, a FIFA spokesman said: “FIFA is satisfied that the legality of key principles of the transfer system have been reconfirmed.”

Emilio Garcia Silvero, FIFA’s Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, confirmed in an announcement that the player transfer market may soon undergo modifications.

“Fifa will now initiate a global dialogue with key stakeholders,” he said. “Together with them, Fifa will determine what conclusions must be drawn from the Diarra decision, and which changes are most appropriate and suitable to make.

“Fifa looks forward to developing its regulatory framework further, obviously taking into account views and input from all relevant and affected parties.

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