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May
2026
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Antoine DUVAL
Governance
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International
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FL Series – Beyond the FIFA Transfer System: Rethinking Transnational Redistribution in Football’s Global Eco-System


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In this contribution, Antoine Duval, Senior Researcher at the Asser Institute, challenges the conventional understanding of the FIFA transfer system by arguing that its primary function is not contractual stability, but transnational economic redistribution across football’s global ecosystem. Building on the implications of the Diarra judgment, he explores the structural limits and negative externalities of the current model and outlines possible avenues for decoupling redistribution from restrictions on player mobility.
By Antoine Duval
Senior Researcher, Asser...
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Topics
  • Governance
  • Solidarity mechanism
  • European Law
  • FIFA
Keywords
  • Contractual stability
  • European Law
  • Player transfer
  • Governance
  • European Court of Justice (ECJ)
  • FIFA RSTP
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