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African Talent Pathways & Exploitation Risks: Are FIFA’s Safeguards Sufficient?

Young African players - especially minors - remain exposed to precarious migration pathways where exploitation and trafficking risks persist. In this article, Hazem Elsaidy (lawyer at Munoz & Arias Sports Lawyers) and Hassan Youssef (Master’s student at O REI Sports Law Institute) examine whether FIFA’s safeguards - centred on Article 19 RSTP and strict CAS jurisprudence - are sufficient in practice, despite persistent loopholes, informal recruitment networks and enforcement gaps across African football governance.
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PSG v. Mbappé - The Binding Force of the Fixed-Term Contract and the Limits of Informal Renegotiation

In a judgment of 16 December 2025, the Conseil de prud’hommes de Paris ordered Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) to pay over EUR 60 million in outstanding remuneration to Kylian Mbappé. The Court held that, absent a signed amendment, the club could not rely on an alleged oral agreement to suspend payment of contractually agreed sums.
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