"The only way forward is to open legal proceedings against the transfer system" (P. Piat, FIFPro)

"After thirteen years, we see that the law goes against the spirit of the text and against the spirit of the 2001 negotiations, so we want to change it, but the other (parties) will not change. We will therefore initiate legal proceedings," said Philippe Piat, president of FIFPro (International Union of Professional Footballers), to News Tank on 01/12/2014.

"The current transfer system is responsible for most of the troubles from which our sport suffers. It created the current inflationary bubble, and it is the only thing behind the disorders which affect all the professional football players. Since it was set up in 2001, this system does not respect either the spirit or the objectives of the text which we had signed. That is why FIFPro will never stop fighting it," affirmed Philippe Piat, at the congress of FIFPro, in Tokyo (JPN) on 28/10/2014.

FIFPro had already said it wanted to initiate legal proceedings against the current transfer system in spring 2013. Philippe Piat explains the reasons for the delay in these legal proceedings, he dissects what he calls the unjust application…