A legal adviser to the EU’s highest court has found that some of the rules of player transfers applied by football’s world governing body FIFA may be contrary to EU law. Advocate General Maciej ...

Some of Fifa's rules on player transfers may breach European Union regulations as they interfere with the contractual relations between players and clubs, an adviser to Europe's top court has said.

FIFA‘s longstanding transfer rules, which require football clubs to pay compensation when players prematurely end their contracts, may contravene European Union antitrust laws, according to a recent ...

Ex-Chelsea, Portsmouth and Arsenal player Lassana Diarra (right) has challenged the rules governing contractual relations between players and clubs Some of Fifa's rules on player transfers may ...

Some of world soccer governing body FIFA's rules on player transfers may breach EU rules as they hamper players seeking to move to another team and clubs looking to hire players, an adviser to ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Some of world soccer governing body FIFA’s rules on player transfers may breach EU rules as they hamper players seeking to move to another team and clubs looking to hire players, ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — 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 ...

The Diarra case went through FIFA judicial bodies before the 2016 election of FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who has made it a priority to modernize transfer market rules.