Author name: renehovmand

The Diarra judgment, handed down by the Court of Justice of the EU on 04.10.2024, concerns not only the free movement of players, but equally, if not even more, whether clubs’ access to their most important “resources” (the players) can be restricted by a requirement for a large transfer fee.

On 04.10.2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment that will probably be known as the Diarra judgment, and it will certainly change the current transfer system in football completely, while the consequences must be expected to be even more (financially) extensive than the Bosman judgment.