Senegal will play two friendly matches in early June, against Ireland (Friday 6 in Dublin) and England (Tuesday 10 in Nottingham). Two games that the Teranga lions will play without their star player. Sadio Mané does not actually appear in the list of 26 players unveiled this Tuesday by Pope Thiaw.
A sanction? According to the Senegalese coach, questioned about this absence at a press conference, it was the Al-Nassr striker (33 years old) who decided not to respond favorably to the call of his national team. “It is a personal decision that belongs to him. As a coach, I respect this choice ”he said.
It didn't take more for the rumor of discomfort between Sadio Mané and his trainer to swell. And it was not the words of Pope Thiaw who extinguished the fire, the latter having claimed to have “Composed a group with players ready to fight with pride for the national jersey”. Which is clearly not the case with the old Red.
The list of 26 Senegalese
- Goalkeepers: Edouard Mendy (al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia), Mory Diaw (Rodez, France), Yehvann Diouf (Reims, France).
- Defenders: Kalidou Koulibaly (al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia), Abdou Diallo (Al-Arabi), Moussa Niakhaté (Lyon, France), Abdoulaye Seck (Maccabi Haïfa, Israel), Antoine Mendy (Nice, France), Ismail Jakobs (Galatasaray, Türkiye), El Hadji Malick (Slavia Prague, Czech Republic).
- Field environments: Pathé Ciss (Rayo Vallecano, Spain), Lamine Camara (Monaco, France), Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham, England), Pape Gueye (Villarreal, Spain), Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton, England), Krépin Diatta (Monaco, France), Habib Diarra (Strasbourg, France) Camara (RS Berkane, Morocco).
- Attackers: Ismaïla Sarr (Crystal Palace, England), Cherif Ndiaye (Rouge de Belgrade Star), Ilima Ndiaye (Everton, England), Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea, England), Boulaye Dia (Lazio Rome, Italy), Abdallah Sima (Brest, France), Cheikh Sabaly (Metz, Metz, Metz France), Idrissa Gueye (Metz, France).
