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Dispute over FIFA’s third-party ownership ban for footballers lands at top EU court

By Lewis Crofts ( September 11, 2023, 14:34 GMT | Insight) -- Litigation over football association rules that stop players being owned by investment companies will be reviewed by the EU’s Court of Justice, in a Belgian court dispute over whether FIFA and UEFA break European antitrust law. Belgium’s highest court is understood to have sent the dispute to EU judges, after an earlier appeal raised questions about jurisdiction given parallel litigation in Switzerland, MLex has learned.Litigation over football association rules that stop players being owned by investment companies will be reviewed by the EU’s Court of Justice, in a Belgian court dispute over whether FIFA and UEFA break European antitrust law....

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