According to L'Équipe, this past summer, former Lens center-back Sarr, after joining Al-Fayha FC, was involved in an incident at a hotel in Marbella, Spain, related to a dispute over agent commission. Several men claiming to be connected with one of Sarr's former agents allegedly approached the player and pressured him, prompting Spanish police to arrive at the hotel to investigate.

On July 22 this year, 27-year-old Sarr officially joined Al-Fayha FC. The team was conducting preseason training on Costa del Sol, Spain, at that time. One evening in late July, Sarr and two of his new teammates were having dinner at Elba Estepona Gran Hotel & Thalasso Spa in Marbella when a black van stopped outside the hotel. Several French men then entered the hotel and headed directly to the restaurant area reserved for the Al-Fayha FC delegation.

According to the report, one of them shouted at a witness, "Don't move!" Then the men approached Sarr. Since Sarr did not know these people, he was shocked by the situation.

According to L'Équipe, two of the men forcibly pulled Sarr from his seat and demanded he follow them to the hotel bar. They brought Sarr up one floor and were reportedly seen slapping him on the stairs. However, Sarr himself denied being attacked when questioned by phone, stating that if someone had physically assaulted him, he would not have allowed it. L'Équipe noted that other witnesses at the hotel gave accounts different from Sarr's.

At the bar, one man sat at the counter with a bag, while another sat with Sarr and spoke to him. Their voices were loud, and the core of the argument appeared to be about money.

Sarr joined Al-Fayha FC this summer as a free agent. He reportedly signed a 3-year contract with an annual net salary of 4 million euros after taxes, plus a signing bonus of 3 million euros, bringing his total net earnings over the contract period to 15 million euros.

Since Sarr's contract with Lens ended on June 30, his new club did not need to pay a transfer fee. L'Équipe reported that Sarr's market value at that time was around 20 million euros, so his free agent status attracted the attention of many agents. Over the past several months, at least four agents had been involved in Sarr's affairs.

The report claims that one of these advisors was very upset about losing the potential high commission from this Saudi Arabian transfer, and this person previously had certain connections with Al-Fayha FC. It is alleged that one day before the hotel incident, this agent's brother had approached Sarr, demanding an explanation.

Sarr reportedly explained to them that he had negotiated directly with Al-Fayha FC's president and completed the signing himself within two days.

However, when Sarr later posed for a photo wearing an Al-Fayha FC jersey, an agent commissioned by the club appeared beside him. This is believed to have further angered the agent who was not involved in the deal. L'Équipe states that this agent is then alleged to have decided to send his acquaintances to confront Sarr at the hotel that night. The agent did not respond to L'Équipe's inquiries.

Despite the pressure, Sarr reportedly refused to pay any compensation. Some witnesses claimed they saw Sarr leave the hotel with these visitors for about 10 minutes, but Sarr himself denied this.

Eventually, tensions between the parties subsided. The visitors quickly left the location after learning that the hotel had surveillance equipment and that Al-Fayha FC management, concerned about their new player being involved in an overseas incident, had reported it to police.

Spanish police then arrived at the hotel, and a representative from the Saudi Arabian Consulate General in Malaga also came to the location. Police began investigating the situation, but reportedly, some witnesses refused to give statements to police.

After the incident, Al-Fayha FC enhanced security measures, while Sarr himself chose not to file a complaint.

Afterward, Sarr continued to play normally for the team, starting eight consecutive matches. In a 0-2 home loss to Al-Qadsiah on August 24, Sarr even took over the captain's armband with Alexandre Lacazette on the bench.

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