Former France international Lassana Diarra is seeking 65 million euros ($76 million) from FIFA and the Belgian football association as part of a long-running legal battle, the player’s lawyer announced on Monday.

Diarra’s challenge to FIFA prompted world football’s governing body to amend its transfer rules after a landmark legal ruling last year, but he has been unable to reach a settlement.

His lawyer Martin Hissel said the claim was for “compensation… (for) damage caused as a result of these FIFA rules” on transfers, which the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled to be contrary to European law last October.

“Following a ruling by the CJEU, in the absence of an amicable solution, the next logical step is to return to the national courts so that they can implement the CJ

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