FIFA reaches settlement with former PSG star Lassana Diarra in transfer rights case

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diarra-lassana/rcFAeNko/"]Diarra[/a] had ‌been seeking 65 million euros ($75 ‌million) in damages from FIFA and the ‌Belgian FA after the European Union's ‌top court (CJEU) ruled in October that some world soccer body rules breached EU ‌laws.[/p][p]FIFA had fined Diarra 10 ⁠million euros ‌after the former Arsenal, Chelsea and Real Madrid ​player left Lokomotiv Moscow one year into a four-year contract ​in 2014.[/p][p][b]"Following the global agreement they have reached, Mr Lassana Diarra and FIFA ⁠have settled ​all legal proceedings between them,"[/b] FIFA said in a statement.[/p][p]"FIFA has not made any admission of liability nor payment ‌by way of compensation. FIFA will not be providing any further comment at this time."[/p][p]Diarra's lawyers have yet to respond to a Reuters request for comment.[/p][p]FIFA later amended its transfer regulations after the CJEU ruling, adopting an interim framework on the calculation ‌of compensation payable and burden of ​proof if there is a breach ‌of contract.[/p][p]The "Diarra ruling" has since prompted about 20 European national player unions to pledge their support to a Europe-wide class action against FIFA.[/p]