Court of Justice: “FIFA” and “UEFA” Violate the Law
Agencies – Sudan Events
The European Court of Justice ruled, on Thursday, that the measures taken by the International Federation and European Football Associations to obstruct the establishment of the competing Super League violate the European Union law of the game.
The European Court of Justice indicated that “FIFA and UEFA rules that make any new football project between clubs subject to their prior approval, such as the Super League, and prevent clubs and players from playing in those competitions, are illegal.”
The summary of the ruling stressed that it does not necessarily mean that the Super League project should be licensed at the present time, but rather it only means that FIFA and UEFA are “abusing their positions” to dominate the football market, according to what Agence France-Presse reported..
i22Sports , the company promoting the Super League project, announced its victory in this legal battle.
After that, UEFA and its international counterpart FIFA threatened to impose sanctions, amid vociferous opposition from the fans to this project, especially in England, which prompted Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham to withdraw from it only 48 hours after the project was launched.
Two years after its launch, the Spanish giants, Real Madrid and Barcelona, remained in the field after their only supporter, the Italian Juventus, withdrew in July, under the threat of sanctions targeting its former president, Andrea Agnelli, who was suspended by the local federation from all positions related to the game, for his alleged role in the case of “maneuvers.” “Wages”..
