GENEVA: Lawyers for former France international Lassana Diarra said Monday he is claiming €65 million ($76 million) from FIFA and the Belgian Football Federation after a landmark legal win about transfer rules. Diarra’s decade-long challenge to FIFA after a breakdown in relations with his former club Lokomotiv Moscow led to a ruling at the European Court of Justice last October that some aspects of football transfer rules do not comply with the 27-nation European Union’s labor and competition laws.

Ex giocatore vinse causa davanti all'Ue, ora procedimento civile (ANSA)

Der frühere Fußballprofi befindet sich im Rechtsstreit mit der Fifa. Es geht um Transferregeln des Verbands, die gegen EU-Recht verstoßen.

Lassana Diarra has announced he is taking legal action against the world governing body, lamenting a ‘culture of contempt for the rule of law and for players’

Amparado por la justicia europea, el exjugador del Madrid impugna el régimen de traspasos del fútbol y pide que lo indemnicen

GENEVA: Lawyers for former France international Lassana Diarra said Monday he is claiming €65 million ($76 million) from FIFA and the Belgian Football Federation after a landmark…