The global soccer transfer market is worth more than $10 billion each season but is facing a revolutionary overhaul or a nuanced evolution following last week's ruling by the European Court of Justice in the Lassana Diarra case.

The European Union’s highest court has decided that some of FIFA’s rules on international football transfers are contrary to EU law in a ruling that some experts have likened to the landmark Jean-Marc Bosman case in 1995.

The European Union’s top court said Friday that some FIFA rules on player transfers are contrary to European Union legislation relating to competition and freedom of movement

The transfer rules of world soccer's governing body FIFA go against European Union laws, the EU's top court said in a ruling on a high-profile case linked to former France player Lassana Diarra on Friday,

The European Union's top court said Friday that some FIFA rules on player transfers can conflict with European Union legislation relating to competition and freedom of movement.

Some of FIFA's rules on player transfers go against European Union laws and free movement principles, the EU's top court said on Friday, in a ruling that could open the door for players to find a new club more easily after their contract is terminated.

Europe’s top court ruled on Friday that some elements of soccer’s multibillion-dollar global player trading market are illegal, a decision that is likely to force changes to the way thousands of athletes move between teams around the world every year.

FIFA transfer rules that thwarted a football player who fell out with his Russian club and tried to re-sign for a Belgian team are illegal, the European Union’s top court ruled in a decision that threatens to upend part of the sport’s regulations.