Unsurprisingly, in the coming decades, 2020 will be remembered as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unceasing spread of the virus across the globe led to the implementation by government authorities of significant measures, mostly aimed at the preservation of public health.

As could be expected, the football industry has also been affected by the critical measures for COVID-19 prevention and control.

Indeed, it is a well-known fact that the temporary cessation and postponement of competitions provoked a dramatic reduction of revenues, which resulted in drastic and immediate losses and, at the same time, profoundly disrupted the football transfer market.

Against this background, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) - which has been in the process of regulatory reform for some years - reacted promptly by establishing provisional measures with the aim of providing, on the one hand, a response to the loopholes...

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