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Bespectacled, business-like and Belgian, Jean-Louis Dupont does not look like a revolutionary. But then if revolutionaries looked too obvious, we would see them coming. There is little danger of Dupont sneaking up on anybody now, though.
He is the man who took on European football's bosses as an inexperienced lawyer and claimed a landmark victory to unleash consequences the game is still dealing with.
Since then, his name has cropped up in a succession of precedent-setting cases, usually resulting in a ****** nose for one governing body or another.
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Now he has a new client, a new case and a new target - European football's roadmap for the future, Financial Fair Play (FFP). Battle commences in Brussels' Court of First Instance on Thursday.
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He is the man who took on European football's bosses as an inexperienced lawyer and claimed a landmark victory to unleash consequences the game is still dealing with.
Since then, his name has cropped up in a succession of precedent-setting cases, usually resulting in a ****** nose for one governing body or another.
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Now he has a new client, a new case and a new target - European football's roadmap for the future, Financial Fair Play (FFP). Battle commences in Brussels' Court of First Instance on Thursday.
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