# Diarra **Domain:** Football law / EU competition **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Diarra** refers here to litigation arising from footballer Lassana Diarra's dispute over FIFA transfer rules. The CJEU's 2024 judgment found aspects of those rules contrary to EU free-movement and competition law. ## Significance The case demonstrates external legal limits on federation-made lex sportiva. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2024-10/cp240172en.pdf) ## Routes [[wiki/Court of Justice of the European Union|Court of Justice of the European Union]] · [[wiki/FIFA|FIFA]] · [[wiki/EU Competition Law|EU Competition Law]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]