European Union's Supreme Court declines Financial Fair Play challenge
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Switzerland - UEFA says it has won at the European Union's supreme court after a legal challenge to ''Financial Fair Play'' rules that curb club spending was thrown out. UEFA says 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 Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain. UEFA fined both clubs 20 million euros ($21.8 million) in 2014 for breaking FFP rules.
They argued that FFP protects elite clubs, and were represented by lawyer Jean-Louis Dupont. He helped win the landmark Bosman case on the contractual freedom of players 20 years ago.
