Wednesday briefing: European football bodies issue joint resolution on transfer system reform

European professional football’s stakeholders - UEFA, European Football Clubs (EFC), players’ union Fifpro Europe, and European leagues - have issued a joint resolution on the key principles of the player transfer system and its reform in response to the ‘Diarra’ ruling in 2024.

This follows a formal process of social dialogue, which did not include FIFA. Last year, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in favour of former France international Lassana Diarra, determining that FIFA’s