Is this the end of footballโ€™s transfer system? An immediate reaction to the Courtโ€™s ruling in Diarra (C-650/22).

 

Stephen Weatherill, Somerville
College and Faculty of Law, Oxford University

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Introduction

 

โ€˜Is this the end of footballโ€™s
transfer system?โ€™ So shrieked the media in December 1995 wh…