FIFA reaches settlement with former PSG star Lassana Diarra in transfer rights case
<p>Diarra 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><strong>"Following the global agreement they have reached, Mr Lassana Diarra and FIFA have settled all legal proceedings between them,"</strong> 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>