ANKARA
European football's governing body, UEFA, and the International Federation of Professional Footballers, or FIFPro, have registered their complaints about third-party player ownership to the European Commission.
According to statements made on the UEFA's website Wednesday, the two bodies said that third-party ownership was harming the interests of footballers, clubs and fans apart from the status and integrity of football itself.
"Third-party player ownership is a kind of modern slavery, where you see players belonging to investment funds, or other generally unidentified corporate entities," UEFA Secretary-General Gianni Infantino said.
"Clearly, this is not something that can be accepted by European law and this is precisely why we have now, together with FIFPro, asked the European Commission to investigate and declare third-party ownership illegal," he added.
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