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Fifa and global players' union agree landmark deal
Key takeaways
- Fifa president Gianni Infantino (right) with Chelsea's Cole Palmer after last year's Club World Cup final
- For the first time, Fifpro will have a veto over key areas of the game's governance and also observer access, with speaking rights, at the powerful Fifa Council, the decision-making body of global football.
- Fifa says it has struck the deal on the condition that all legal proceedings against it, initiated by Fifpro, are withdrawn.
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Fifa president Gianni Infantino (right) with Chelsea's Cole Palmer after last year's Club World Cup final
Chief football news reporter Published43 minutes ago World governing body Fifa has struck a landmark deal with global players' union Fifpro that means players will be represented when major decisions affecting the game are agreed.
Faced with a number of separate legal claims around player welfare, Fifa has agreed a memorandum of understanding with Fifpro, which it says "marks [a] paradigm shift in governance of professional football, with transfer system and player welfare standards".
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