FIFPro: European Division adopts resolution to challenge transfer system in court

The 29 European members of FIFPro (International Federation of Professional Footballers) unanimously adopted a resolution supporting FIFPro's court challenge of the transfer system. The vote took place at the General Assembly of FIFPro Division Europe in Dublin (IRL) on 15/04/2014.

FIFPro wants a complete overhaul of the transfer system and announced on 17/12/2013 that it would challenge the existing mechanisms at the highest European levels. "The objectives of FIFPro's legal challenge to the transfer system are to ensure professional footballers are afforded the same rights and freedoms as any other worker, as they are employees in the eyes of the law," FIFPro stated on 15/04/2014.

"Europe is identified as the key to unlock the restrictions of the transfer system, much as when Jean-Marc Bosman challenged the status quo, on the basis of freedom of movement, and won his landmark case in 1995. As such, talks are underway with the European Commission, in Brussels, as FIFPro fine-tunes the basis of its legal complaints," added the international union of professional players.

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