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The Austrian union for professional football players gives its full support to the "Justice for Players" class action lawsuit.
The Vereinigung der Fußballer (VdF), the Austrian union for professional football players, has just announced in a press release that it gives its full support to the Justice for Players class action lawsuit.
Attached you will find:
- the press release from the Austrian union (in the original German version and with an unverified electronic translation into English).
- The press release from Justice for Players, which includes a statement from the president of the Austrian professional players' union, Gernot BAUMGARTNER: "To support the class action is a no-brainer: first, it is our natural job to help players and ex-players secure fair compensation for the damage they suffered. Second, we are convinced that this class action is indispensable to help obtaining sound reforms of governance.”
DUPONT-HISSEL is advising Justice for Players.
As the 30th anniversary of the Bosman ruling approaches, it is symbolic that, one after another, major national unions of professional football players in the European Union are committing themselves to Justice for Players.