Thus, the world football body suspended all its cases before the disciplinary committee regarding articles 6 and 17 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTJ) which the CJEU had considered “likely to hinder free movement ” professional footballers.
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A disrupted winter transfer window
Therefore, this measure taken by Fifa will lead players wanting to leave their training this winter to find a new club. And this, without threat of sanction in the event of departure, on condition of remunerating his former club. “I have the impression that few people measure the impact of the ruling,” confided Antoine Duval, researcher at the Center for International and European Sports Law, last October on RMC Sport.
However, rules are still in force and not everything is permitted for this winter transfer window. Fifa recalls that the suspension of actions before the Disciplinary Committee does not exclude “subsequent reinstatement” nor does it constitute an “admission of the illegality of such measures”.
“Fifa intends to further develop the regulatory framework for football, naturally taking into account the opinions of all parties concerned”declared Emilio García Silvero, director of Fifa’s Legal and Compliance division, in a press release.
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