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15
Apr
2026
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Mario FLORES CHEMOR
FIFA
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International
FL Series – Re-Regulating the European Professional Football Labour Market

FL Series – Liquidated Damages Clauses After Diarra and the SSDC Resolution


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In this contribution to Football Legal’s Series on the re-regulation of the European professional football labour market, Mario Flores Chemor examines the evolving role of liquidated damages clauses in the post-Diarra framework. He highlights the divergences between FIFA and CAS approaches and questions whether a restrictive proportionality test risks undermining contractual certainty and stability.
By Mario Flores Chemor
Attorney-at-law (Mexico) and Solicitor (England & Wales), Kellerhals Carrard Lausanne / Sion...
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Topics
  • FIFA
  • Contractual terms
  • CAS
  • Governance
  • Player/Coach Contract
Keywords
  • FIFA
  • UEFA
  • Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
  • European Commission
  • FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (FIFA DRC)
  • Liquidated damages clause
  • European Court of Justice (ECJ)
  • FIFA Football Tribunal
Find out more
  • Liquidated damages clauses: a critical analysis of the jurisprudence of the Dispute Resolution Chamber and the Court of Arbitration for Sport
  • Detailed Analysis of the Diarra Ruling: Towards a Revolution of the Transfer System?
  • CJEU, 4 October 2024, Case C-650/22, FIFA v. Lassana Diarra - By Juan de Dios CRESPO PÉREZ, Giuseppe CASTELLI and Carlos Mariano MORENO CABALLERO
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