It is this Wednesday in Switzerland that the Court of Arbitration for Sport is looking into the Pape Gueye case, which is the subject of a dispute between OM and Watford.
The case dates back to the summer transfer window of 2020. At the time, at the end of the contract with Le Havre, Pape Gueye freely committed to Olympique de Marseille. A signature which has provoked the fury of the leaders of Watford since the English club claims that the Senegalese midfielder had signed a pre-contract with the Hornets. Recovered, the leaders of Watford filed an appeal with FIFA and the dispute resolution chamber of the instance had sanctioned OM with a twelve-month ban on recruitment as well as a four-month suspension for the player. OM and Gueye logically appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which suspended the various sanctions for the Marseille club as well as for Gueye.
The Pape Gueye case decided this week by the CAS
Pape Gueye’s pass ???????? #OMQFK #UECL pic.twitter.com/CPcSdWqjUj
– Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) February 17, 2022
It is this Wednesday that the Court of Arbitration for Sport, seized by Olympique de Marseille as well as by Pape Gueye, will therefore study the file. The CAS advised Pape Gueye, currently on loan from OM to Sevilla FC, to make the trip to Lausanne and the Senegalese international will be there to defend himself. For his part, Pablo Longoria will not be present, nor will his right arm Javier Ribalta. Olympique de Marseille has entrusted this complex file to two Spanish lawyers who have the absolute confidence of the OM president. After the two days of hearing, the Court of Arbitration for Sport will deliver its verdict within two to three months with a decision expected by all the actors in this case no later than May. Remember that Marseille risks a recruitment ban, which Pablo Longoria anticipated from the winter transfer window by recruiting heavyweights with Vitinha, Ounahi and Malinovskyi.
