Introduction
General remarks
The topics of third-party influence (TPI) and of third-party ownership (TPO), in particular the latter, are relatively newly regulated concepts. However, they have been widely discussed by lawyers, actors active in the players’ transfer market, audit companies, leagues’, clubs’ and players’ representatives...
The present essay aims at recalling, following an analytical approach, the process followed at FIFA to address the issues of third party influence, third party ownership and the application of the different regulatory provisions.
As the world-governing body, one of FIFA’s statutory objectives is “to promote integrity, ethics and fair-play with a view to preventing all methods or practices, such as corruption, doping or match manipulation, which might jeopardise the integrity of matches, competitions, players, Officials and Members or give rise to...
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