Watford's signing of Le Havre midfielder Pape Gueye remains unclear this evening, with the player's representatives questioning the validity of the player's pre-contract.

On Tuesday evening the club revealed via their website that the player had signed an agreement and would join them this summer.

Prior to that however, Gueye's lawyer Pierre-Henri Bovis had refuted the claim, after reports of the deal had emerged from France.

This evening Bovis has released a statement claiming that Gueye's contract was signed under "strange circumstances" and that he has reservations over the validity of the deal.

It reads: "My client Pape Gueye alerted me to the particularly strange conditions under which his former agent made him sign an employment contract with Watford FC in January 2020.

At this stage I express the most express reservations about the validity of this work contract which could have been concluded in an abusive manner, to the detriment of the interests of the player and his current club, HAC.

As part of my mandate, I approached Havre AC and Watford to know the position of each, with regard to this situation of very great legal insecurity.

We reserve the right, at the end of this conciliation phase, to carry out all of the contentious procedures which may prove necessary."