Lawyers who brought the case said that a legal complaint against UEFA's break-even rule Financial Fair Play "has been referred to the European Court of Justice (EJ)," according to Brian Homewood of REUTERS. Jean-Louis Dupont and Martin Hissel said in a statement the EJ will be asked if FFP "violates the following EU fundamental freedoms: free competition, free movement of capital and freedom to invest, free movement of workers and free movement of services." The statement added that the Court of First Instance "also granted an interim measure to prohibit European football's ruling body UEFA implementing a second phase of FFP." This would have reduced the permitted deficit for clubs from €45M ($50.22M) to €30M ($33M) (REUTERS, 6/23). The PA's Martyn Ziegler wrote the claimants include Man City supporters and Paris St. Germain fans "as well as Belgian agent Daniel Striani." Man City and PSG "were both sanctioned by UEFA last season for breaching the FFP rules, which state clubs in European competition must only spend what they earn, with some limited flexibility." UEFA "is preparing to make its own changes to the rules at an executive committee meeting in Prague next week and those amendments may fall in line with the court's interim ruling" (PA, 6/23).
