Articles

- ROGON, RRC Sports and the football ecosystem: CJEU tackles the scope of the public-interest exception - by Christophe Humpe, Matthew Pimley and Greg Dowell

- Three football cases before the CJEU - Is the tide turning slightly in favour of sports governing bodies? - by Jasper Wauters, Dr. Assimakis Komninos and Nikolas Hertel

- The hack-trick of football judgments and Article 101(1) TFEU (I): first thoughts - by Pablo Ibanez Colomo

- International Football Transfer Agreements and Liability for Negligent Payment of ‘Hacked’ Invoices - by Ilias Bantekas

- 'We really messed up' - does European football need more balance? - Alex Bysouth, BBC Sport Senior Journalist

- Non-resident sports agents and permanent establishment in Italy: practical takeaways from a landmark ruling - by Armando Simbari, Luca Ferrari and Alessia Murgia at Withers.

- Contractual Stability vs Player Mobility: A Critique of FIFA Jurisprudence on Buy-Out and Release Clauses - Transadvisory Legal

- Why PSG Must Pay Kylian Mbappé €60m After Court Ruling - The Agents Week

- En inblick i en fotbollsjurists arbete - by David Mikhail, nordialaw.com

- Sentenza Diarra: come cambiano il calciomercato e i rapporti di forza tra club e calciatori - by Luca Ferrari, Global Head of Sport di Withers and Alessia Murgia, Associate di Withers.

- Bosman: A Belgian footballer’s battle with the beautiful game - by Leo Cendrowicz in brusselstimes.com

- Ook een profvoetballer is een vrij mens, toch? De transfermarkt vindt van niet - Michiel de Hoog with Antoine Duval (in Dutch)

- Football Disputes of International Dimension: Swiss Federal Supreme Court upholds Exclusive Jurisdiction of Hungarian Labour Courts - Despina Mavromati

- Court of Justice of the European Union delivers ruling in Royal Football Club Seraing (C-600/23) - Jasper Wauters, Dr. Assimakis Komninos and Nikolas Hertel

- The transfer system in motion after Diarra - R.C. Branco Martins in Dutch and in English here

- Football Agents in Croatia: Regulatory Framework and Current Practice - Hrvoje Čabraja

- The Diarra case and the compatibility of FIFA RSTP with EU law regulations - Lucio Mazzei and Enrico Benvenuto

- From Bosman to Diarra: the eternal battle for a transfer system in professional football - Sven Demeulemeester

- Red Card for the Court of Arbitration for Sport and a Change of Tactics in International Sports Arbitration - Malte Frank, Counsel at Hengeler Mueller and Jake Lowther, Specialist Counsel at SCC Arbitration Institute

- The Lassana Diarra judgement explained: What does it mean for footballers? - FIFPRO website

- FIFA vs Agents: 1-0 at halftime – AG Emiliou Defends FIFA’s Football Agent Regulations - Philine Wassenaar and Ruben Elkerbout

- Updates to Article 17 FIFA RSTP after the January 2025 transfer window - Lombardi Associates

- FIFA's Interim Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players and their practical implications - Cavaliero & Cambreleng law firm

- Case C-600/23 - Royal Football Club Seraing v. FIFA, UEFA et al, Opinion of AG Ćapeta of 16 January 2025 - Dr Despina Mavromati

- C-600/23: ECJ Advocate General proposes full review of CAS awards involving EU law - Jasper Wauters, Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall KC and Nikolas Hertel

- Safeguarding Football Agents: Contraventions and Remedies under the FFAR - Tarsh Khanna and Pranjal Shah

- The evolution of the FIFA Football Transfer Regulations - Stefano Bastianon and Michele Colucci

- After Diarra: Q&A on the New Transfer Market - Terry Brennan Law

- Diarra: Tout ou Rien? - Thomas Horton, barrister at 3 Hare Court Chambers and founder of Football Law, Dr Kat Pijetlovic, Assistant Professor of Law at Católica Global School of Law and Católica Lisbon School of Law, and Head of Palestine Football Association Legal Department and Christopher Flanagan, Associate Editor at the International Sports Law Journal and Head of Legal at Future

- Football at a Crossroads: Why the Diarra Ruling Marks a Crucial Turning Point for Football - Antoine Duval, T.M.C. Asser Institute, Asser International Sports Law Centre, the Hague

- Is this the end of football’s transfer system? An immediate reaction to the Court’s ruling in Diarra (C-650/22) - Stephen Weatherill, Somerville College and Faculty of Law, Oxford University

- Will the football agents’ service fee cap survive the current legal attacks? Regulation of football agents between the poles of autonomy of sports organisations and EU antitrust law - Prof. Peter W. Heermann

- Why are buy-back transfer clauses on the rise in football? - Joe Nelson on BBC

- How FIFA Makes Money: Global Football and Licensing - Nathan Reiff on Investopedia

- Gehalt ausgesetzt, Auto eingezogen: FIFA spricht Stark fast 200.000 Euro zu - Benni Hofmann on kicker.at

- How the ECJ should decide its pending cases on the transfer system, the regulation of agents and club (re-)location - Stephen Weatherill, Jacques Delors Professor of European Law (Emeritus), Faculty of Law and Somerville College, University of Oxford | EU Law Analysis blog | 11 May 2024

- Règles FIFA sur les transferts de footballeurs incompatibles avec le droit européen selon l'avocat général de la CJUE (affaire Lassana Diarra) - BERTRAND sport avocat | BERTRAND sport avocat website | 8 May 2024

- THE FIFA FOOTBALL AGENT REGULATIONS: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS - Morgan Sports Law Limited Website Authored by William Sternheimer, Omar Ongaro, Sam Kasoulis and Marko Lavs | 30 April 2024

- AGENCIAMENTO SUB JUDICE – LEGALIDADE DAS NOVAS NORMAS CONTIDAS NOS REGULAMENTOS DE AGENTES DA FIFA E CBF - Alexandre Ramalho Miranda | Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Desportivo | 11 April 2024

- A brief comparison of the standard representation agreements established by FIFA, KNVB & FA - Jesse Bosgraaf LLM | LinkedIn article | 7 March 2024

- FIFA Football Agents Case In The Wake Of Recent Competition Law Rulings - Oriol Armengol and Fiona Radley-Searle | EU Law Live | 27 February 2024