It was reported on Tuesday 24 October 2017 that an arbitration panel has dismissed Queens Park Rangers’ claim that the English Football League’s 2012 Financial Fair Play Regulations (the “2012 Regulations”) were unlawful and that the sanction imposed by the Football League on QPR for its breach of those Regulations was disproportionate. A brief background … Continue Reading
Paris Saint Germain’s summer transfer activity came to an end in (Seine)sational style! The facts speak for themselves: The two largest football transfer fees in history – £366M combined spending on Neymar da Silva Santos Junior and Kylian Mbappe; Combined wages of a reported £700k/week (both on 5 year contracts). The signings of Neymar and … Continue Reading
On 28 March 2017, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) confirmed in a media release that it had issued a consent award in the arbitration procedure between the Serbian football club FK Partizan and UEFA. That procedure related to the finding of the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (“CFCB”) that … Continue Reading
