Transforming Transfers? How the CJEU reconsidered FIFA’s Transfer Rules in the Diarra case

Members of our London Competition team have recently co-authored an article on the Diarra judgement and its potential impact on (i) FIFA's Transfer Rules and (ii) sporting bodies more generally.

In a preliminary ruling handed down on 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its latest guidance on the interplay between the rules governing sports, and EU law on competition and the free movement of workers between Member States (BZ v FIFA - Diarra). Specifically, the CJEU found that a selection of FIFA’s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (generically, the Transfer Rules) infringed Articles 45 and 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

Their article 'Transforming Transfers? How the CJEU reconsidered FIFA’s Transfer Rules in the Diarra case' was written for and published by lawinsport.com. The full article is freely available here.