The Netherlands established a player justice organization to help players who cannot terminate the contract to counter-claim the team + FIFA

FIFA is facing a class action lawsuit caused by its transfer rules, which may include all professional footballers who have played in the EU or the UK since 2002, according to the newly formed Dutch Foundation, which supports the move.

Amsterdam-based Player Justice (JfP) organization was established on Monday and is the first to use the decision of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in October to attempt to file a legal action against the world football governing body.

The former Chelsea, Arsenal and Real Madrid midfielder won a decade-long legal lawsuit with FIFA and the Belgian Football Association, and the EU Supreme Court ruled that parts of FIFA's Player Identity and Transfer Regulations (RSTP) violated European competition law.

The key to the case lies in a FIFA decision that Diyala was fined 10.5 million euros and suspended for 15 months for violating his contract with Moscow, Russia in 2014 "no justification".

The French international was unable to join the Charleroi Football Club in Belgium during the suspension period because the RSTP system forced the relevant national regulatory agencies to withhold international transfer certificates and the players were required to complete cross-border transfers, and the system also stipulated that the player's new club should bear "joint and several liability" for any compensation they owe to the former club.

Diara appealed to the Court of Arbitration for the FIFA ruling, but only succeeded in reducing some fines, so he filed a counterclaim against the football agency in a Belgian court, which eventually appealed to the European Court of Justice, and eventually won the victory, which lawyers have since been arguing about.

Some believe that the ruling has raised questions about the entire transfer system, leaving FIFA with billions of euros and pounds in compensation. Others believe that the ruling will have a more limited impact because it challenges only two elements of the rule: how the amount of compensation the player deserves when unilaterally terminates the contract, and whether the new club should bear collective responsibility for breach of contract.

As expected, the founders of JfP belong to the former, and they believe that FIFA regulations have adversely affected the salary of every professional player (both men and women).

The logic is that players do not exercise their right to terminate the contract simply because the consequences are too heavy and uncertain, while clubs often tear up the contracts knowing that the system is in their favor. citing "preliminary analysis" by economic consulting firm CompassLexecon, JfP also advised the people behind the European Premier League program, saying it believes that more than 100,000 players lost about 8% of their potential career income due to FIFA's illegal rules.

JfP's board consists of two experienced Dutch lawyers Lucia Melcherts and Dolf Segaar, as well as former England assistant coach and Tottenham technical director Franco Baldini.

In addition, JfP also hired Jean-Louis Dupont, the attorney of Jean-MarcBosman, as consultant, who had been involved in a lawsuit that might be the most important in football history, which granted the right to transfer free of charge to players who had expired in 1995.

The cost of this class action will be borne by Deminor, an international litigation funding agency, who is responsible for taking over the case and drawing a certain percentage of the damages in any judgment. According to JfP, the maximum amount of compensation is 25% of all damages, plus litigation costs. FIFA has not responded to a request for comment, but the European League of Players, who supports the Diyala case, issued a statement saying it was a "expected actual response" to the ruling of the European Court and "recognizes players' fundamental right to seek justice in this most important and lasting agreement in the sports industry".