UEFA Wins In European Union's Supreme Court As FFP Challenge Is Thrown Out

UEFA said that it "has won at the European Union's supreme court after a legal challenge to financial fair play (FFP) rules that curb club spending was thrown out," according to ESPN. UEFA said that the European Union's Court of Justice ruled a Belgian court's request for a preliminary judgment was "manifestly inadmissible." The case went through a local Brussels court after the European Commission "decided it had no merit." The case was brought by a player's agent in Belgium and fan groups linked to Man City and Paris St. Germain. UEFA fined both clubs $21.8M in '14 for breaking FFP rules. They argued that FFP "protects elite clubs," and were represented by lawyer Jean-Louis Dupont (ESPN, 7/22). In London, Frank Dalleres reported a UEFA victory in the legal fight "would mean that restrictions on the extent to which clubs are permitted to overspend are likely to remain in place for the foreseeable future" (CITY A.M., 7/23).