( CNN ) -- UEFA 's new system of financial regulation faces judgment in the European courts -- but not before 2015 . UEFA , the body which governs soccer in Europe , introduced Financial Fair Play ( FFP ) at the start of the 2012-13 season as a way of preventing clubs from spending beyond their means and posting unsustainable yearly losses . The rules give UEFA sweeping powers , including exclusion from the lucrative Champions League , to punish financially recalcitrant clubs . However the regulations have been challenged by an Italian football agent who claims FFP breaches European Union competition laws . Daniel Striani has hired the lawyer that helped revolutionize the way football 's transfer system works to fight his corner . `` The court has now issued the procedural calendar : hearing in February 2015 and therefore the judgment can be expected around March or April 2015 , '' Jean-Louis Dupont , who in 1995 helped Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman change European law to allow players to move for free at the end of their contracts , told CNN . Striani 's complaint argues UEFA 's `` break-even rule '' restricts competition -- a key principle of European Law -- and will reduce the number of transfers . That could potentially lower players ' salaries -- and by implication agents ' fees -- prompting Striani to lodge the complaint with the Commission . Uefa is confident it will win the case , arguing that the European Commission , the European Parliament , as well as European clubs , leagues and players ' unions have all been fully supportive of FFP .
UEFA 's Financial Fair Play was to be judged in Italy in 2015 . Financial Fair Play designed to prevent football clubs spending beyond their means . The regulations have been challenged by an Italian football lawyer . Luigi Striani has hired the lawyer who worked with Belgian footballer Jean - Marc Bosman .