While Sadio Mané got married last weekend, the age of his wife raises questions.
The year has started magnificently for Sadio Mané. While he is preparing to lead Senegal in the African Cup of Nations which will begin next week, the Al-Nassr striker got married in Dakar with his partner, Aïssa Tamba, originally from , from the same village as him, in Casamance.
The marriage of the captain of the Lions of Téranga caused a stir in Senegal. But not only. Blame it on his wife’s age. According to the local press, the young lady would in fact be 19, or even 18 years old, and would still be in her final year, according to some local media.
الحمد لله❤️
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— Sadio Mané (@SMane_Officiel) January 8, 2024
Still according to the Senegalese press, the young woman, who would be the daughter of Sadio Mané’s architect, was only 16 years old when Sadio Mané made her his partner. Enough to provoke very strong reactions, with some not hesitating to assert that Aïcha Tamba did not marry the former Bavarian of her own free will or at least did not have the necessary discernment to marry a 31-year-old man. .
This controversy should not disturb Cristiano Ronaldo’s teammate at Al-Nassr. And this while Senegal inherited a particularly complicated group with Cameroon, Guinea and Gambia. Opponents who do not scare the former Reds pyrotechnician. “ I think that fearing a team in a competition is a lack of professionalism. They are great teams. We respect them. But we don’t fear them », he warned, determined to keep the title won two years ago: “ When you are a professional, you obviously have goals, ambitions. I think the word professional just says it all. Being there, wanting to win again and again. We certainly won the African Cup of Nations (CAN). Which is good for us, for you and for the country. But I think we want to win other continental titles for Senegal.»
