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FIFA faces 'cartel' claims over plans to regulate football players' agents

By Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst ( October 17, 2022, 14:01 GMT | Insight) -- A plan by football's world governing body to regulate player agents has prompted threats of legal action from a group of agents who say the initiative amounts to a “cartel” and breaches EU, UK and US competition laws, MLex has learned. Supporters of FIFA's plan could face financial sanctions and even imprisonment, the Football Forum has also warned. A plan by football's world governing body to regulate player agents has prompted threats of legal action from a group of agents who say the initiative amounts to a “cartel” and breaches EU, UK and US competition laws, MLex has learned. . . .

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