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Anyone confident of winning a court case would not start publicly discussing a settlement a year before they were due in court. Yet that is what David Dein began doing on taking over as president of the G-14 group of clubs in late October. G-14 are backing Charleroi’s case against FIFA for €615,000 (£413,000) compensation for an injury Abdelmajid Oulmers suffered while playing for Morocco in 2004. He took eight months to return to action for the Belgian club. G-14 also threw their weight behind an action by one of their own members, Lyon, for €1 million in compensation from FIFA over an injury to France defender Eric Abidal in a friendly last year. The Charleroi case was referred to the European Court of Justice in May after the ECJ ruled that FIFA were not exempt from European Union law, as Sepp Blatter insists on the grounds that they are based in Switzerland. That was a significant victory in G-14’s long-running battle over compensating clubs for releasing players for international duty and any injuries incurred while away – so why discuss a settlement? Dein has declined to explain his strategy, leaving that to G-14’s general manager, Switzerland-based Thomas Kurth. Kurth said: “It’s always those same two problems [releasing players and injuries suffered in internationals]. Rather than do nothing until the judge comes up with a verdict, let’s knock on the door of UEFA, which is closest to the big clubs, to see if we can work out a solution to put to FIFA. We hope those that created the problems [FIFA] would be prepared to open the door to resolve them.” From WSC 238 December 2006. What was happening this month On the subject...
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