Soccer-Marseille to avoid transfer ban over Watford dispute - CAS

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Brest v Olympique de Marseille - Stade Francis-Le Ble, Brest, France - March 13, 2022 Olympique de Marseille's Pape Gueye during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo

(Reuters) - Olympique de Marseille will no longer have to serve a one-year transfer ban after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday partially upheld a FIFA ruling on a dispute between the French club and Watford over the signing of Pape Gueye.

The dispute began in 2020 when Senegal international Gueye signed a pre-contract at Watford before the end of his deal at Ligue 2 club Le Havre.