Preamble
There are always many interested parties when moving a player from one club to another, especially if we talk about high profile player performing for a top football division. Usually, the possibility to terminate a contract with the current club without negative consequences is strictly connected to club’s misconduct. But occasionally some circumstances not connected to the club’s behaviour may serve as a reason for unilateral termination by a player, like for example war in his employer’s country.
In this article, I would like to focus on war as force majeure event and its possible impact on contractual relations between a club and a player.
General Rule and Exception
The starting point in my deliberations shall be one of FIFA’s major principles, which is
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confined in article 13 of FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (FIFA RSTP) known as "Respect of...
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