Investment Company Hopes For Court Decision On FIFA's TPO Ban By July 24

An investment company supporting third-party ownership in football said that "it hopes to learn by July 24 whether it has been successful in challenging FIFA's recently introduced global ban" on the practice, according to Andrew Warshaw of INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL. Doyen Sports "took its case to a Brussels court on Monday complaining the ban goes against a number of European Union regulations." The company claims the FIFA ruling "came into effect 'against the advice and opinion of the vast majority' of those consulted by FIFA itself." Football's world governing body "has yet to comment on the specific case but critics say those involved in TPO are only in it for the money and both FIFA and UEFA want to stop outside investors partially owning transfer rights." Doyen insists "it has no say in determining how its clubs operate in the transfer market and that it has no hold on players' economic rights" (INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL, 7/14).