Introduction
This case has spotlighted a crucial debate in European football: the balance between FIFA’s regulations on player transfers and the rights of athletes under EU Law. At the heart of the issue were rules set by FIFA and Belgium’s football federation, URBSFA, which triggered legal challenges on whether these regulations overstepped fundamental European principles, particularly the free movement of workers and anti-competitive practices.
The legal dispute originated from a preliminary ruling requested by the Cour d’Appel de Mons (Belgium) on 17 October 2022, in the case Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) v BZ (C-650/22). The Belgian Court sought clarification from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on whether FIFA’s transfer regulations conflicted with Articles 45 and 101...
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