The head of the legal office of the government of world football explains the reform, the FFAR, of which he was one of the fathers: “It is already in force for national and international transfers. The federations are adapting. We will fight in all the courts whether the prosecutors will appeal. The last word to the European Court of Justice”
“Not intervening to give rules to agents was not an option because the market was out of control. FIFA had to do something.” Emilio Garcia Silvero, head of the legal office of the government of world football, is one of the fathers of the new prosecutors’ regulation which from yesterday will be “99% operational, both for international transfers and for those within the country”. Not everything is in order yet: there are appeals in court (English arbitration is eagerly awaited), in Germany the new law has been suspended as regards business within national borders, some federations such as the FIGC have not yet implemented it in toto thanks to the various state regulations and we are waiting for the judgment of the European Court of Justice which, in 2024 or 2025, will put an end to every controversy. In short, there is still a long way to go and the battle before ordinary justice promises to be long. “But we are ready to fight it – announced the FIFA manager, in a video link from his office – because when we started this reform in 2016 we wanted to increase the professionalism of the prosecutors. We are almost there”.