Soccer-Diarra restarts damages claim against FIFA, Belgian FA after CJEU ruling

FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - France v Russia - International Friendly - Stade de France stadium, Saint-Denis, France - 29/03/16. French soccer team player Lassana Diarra . REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

(Reuters) -Former France midfielder Lassana Diarra is restarting legal proceedings seeking 65 million euros ($75.93 million) in damages from FIFA and the Belgian FA after the European Union's top court (CJEU) ruled in October that some world soccer body rules breached EU laws.

FIFA handed Diarra a fine of 10 million euros after the former Arsenal, Chelsea and Real Madrid player left Lokomotiv Moscow one year into a four-year contract in 2014.