the CAS suspends the sanction of Pape Gueye, the player available to Senegal

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday suspended the sanction taken by Fifa against the Senegalese international Pape Gueye. The player, sanctioned last week due to a dispute over his transfer between his club Marseille and English club Watford, “is therefore no longer suspended at this time”, the time to examine his appeal against the decision, explained a spokesperson for the CAS to AFP.

This decision concerns only the player, who will therefore be able to continue the CAN with Senegal and the Ligue 1 season with Marseille. The Marseille player is therefore once again made available to his selection for the African Cup of Nations, the court said. The Senegal team plays its last match of the group stages on Tuesday at 5 p.m. against Malawi. Aliou Cissé can therefore count on the Marseilles, in this decisive meeting for the qualifications in the round of 16.

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 sanction, the time to examine his appeal, specified the CAS spokesperson. Pape Gueye therefore remains under the threat of a subsequent suspension.

This does not currently change anything for OM, which has been subject to separate sanctions in the same case, i.e. a 12-month recruitment ban, as well as a fine of just over two million. euros. The Marseille club announced its intention to appeal on Saturday.