Sadio Mane who was injured a week ago with Bayern caused massive fear for Senegal fans as there were widespread reports in the media that their captain won’t represent their nation at the FIFA World Cup which is going to begin on 20th September.
Sadio Mane gets selected despite injury scare
However, the African champions have announced their 26-man roster today and by a miracle of recovery, Sadio Mane makes the squad list and he will be going to the World Cup.
Senegal are surely the underdogs of the competition cause although they’ll have the Netherlands in their group, they just won the African Cup of Nations in earlier this year which clearly states that they do have the potential of pulling off a shock result. So it would be interesting to watch them as a team.
Senegal FIFA World Cup Squad
Goalkeepers: Seny Dieng (Queens Park Rangers), Alfred Gomis (Stade Rennes), Eduoard Mendy (Chelsea).
Defenders: Fode Ballo Toure (AC Milan), Pape Abou Cisse (Olympiakos), Abdou Diallo (RB Leipzig), Ismail Jakobs (Monaco), Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea), Formose Mendy (Amiens), Youssouf Sabaly (Real Betis).
Midfielders: Pathe Ismael Ciss (Rayo Vallecano) Krepin Diatta (Monaco), Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton), Pape Gueye (Olympique Marseille), Cheikhou Kouyate (Nottingham Forest), Mamdou Loum (Reading), Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City), Moustapha Name (Pafos FC), Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur).
Forwards: Boulaye Dia (Salernitana), Famara Diedhiou (Alanyaspor), Bamba Dieng (Olympique Marseille), Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal), Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich), Ilimane Ndiaye (Sheffield United), Ismaila Sarr (Watford).
