Cádiz CF defender Mamadou Mbaye has hit out at Watford, insisting he never signed any deal with the club before his move to the Spanish side.
Earlier today we brought you a report from Spain that stated Cádiz had been banned from signing players for two years after a dispute with Watford.
The Premier League side had taken a case against Cádiz to FIFA after Mbaye signed for their B team without an agreement with Watford.
FIFA ruled in the Hornets’ favour, banning Cádiz from signing players for two windows, Mbaye for four months, and ordering him to pay compensation to the Premier League club.
The case has now been referred to the CAS, with Cádiz insisting they are blameless and everything was done legally.
“The penalty that has been put on me and Cadiz is absolutely unfair and based on false documents provided by the Watford that unfortunately have served to fool FIFA,” Andalucía Información report him saying.
“I fully trust the people who I was being advised by. I never signed a document or contract with Watford.
“The signature that contains the documents that the Watford contributed before FIFA are false.
“All this is credited by an independent calligraphic report that I provided to FIFA. I have never had contact or met the Watford representative or the president or coach.
“I have never been to Watford, and it is something that is easily verifiable with my passport.
“Watford never paid me a single amount of money, I’ve had the sole help of my representative to survive.”
