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Football’s governing body FIFA says that a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling confirms its transfer regulations in principle and suggested the ruling would have no major impact. The ECJ had ruled in a case involving by former France player Lassana Diarra that some FIFA transfer rules hindered the free movement of players and competition between clubs, and are contrary to European Union law. “FIFA is satisfied that the legality of key principles of the transfer system have been reconfirmed in today’s ruling,” FIFA said. “The ruling only puts in question two paragraphs of two articles of the…

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