The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended on Monday the sanction taken by Fifa against the Marseille player and Senegalese international Pape Gueye. He is again at the disposal of his selection for the African Cup of Nations. The Marseille player, sanctioned last week due to a dispute over his transfer between OM and English club Watford, “is no longer suspended for the moment“, explained a spokesperson for the CAS to AFP.
On the merits, the court based in Lausanne has not yet ruled on the decision of Fifa, which deprived the 22-year-old striker of all official competitions for four months for having signed a pre-contract with Watford before withdrawing. to reach Marseilles.
The young international, who started his career in Le Havre in 2017, simply“achieved a suspensive effect” of this penalty, the time to examine his appeal, said the CAS spokesperson. Pape Gueye therefore remains under the threat of a subsequent suspension, while OM have been subject to separate sanctions in the same case, i.e. a 12-month recruitment ban, as well as a fine of a little more two million euros. The Marseille club announced its intention to appeal on Saturday.