Overview
- VVCS formally pledged support for the Justice for Players class action targeting FIFA, the Dutch FA and several European associations over transfer regulations.
- The case is grounded in last year’s CJEU ruling in the Diarra matter, which found parts of FIFA’s transfer rules in breach of EU law.
- JfP says about 100,000 male and female professionals across the EU and UK are eligible to join and cites research indicating an average 8% loss in career earnings.
- France’s UNFP has already backed the campaign, signaling a growing coalition of national player unions behind the legal challenge.
- JfP is advised by Dupont-Hissel and Finch Dispute Resolution and funded by Deminor, while FIFA has begun amending transfer rules in response to the court ruling.