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Why isn’t Sadio Mane playing for Senegal against England at World Cup 2022?

Published on December 05, 2022 at 12:25 AM

SENEGAL risked relations with Bayern Munich when picking Sadio Mane for the World Cup squad and the forward isn’t even playing.

The ex-Liverpool star made the move to Munich in the summer and his former club haven’t been the same since.

Sadio Mane will be cheering his national teammates on from the sidelines

However, he has kept performing for his country and was keen to travel with them to the World Cup in Qatar.

Despite this, Mane is not currently playing for his national team and could not feature at all in their massive round-of-16 game against England.

Why isn’t Sadio Mane playing at the World Cup?

Mane’s World Cup was thrown into doubt after sustaining an injury in Bayern Munich’s penultimate game before the World Cup.

With the German club ruling him out for the tournament, it came as a shock when he was named in the Senegal squad and this was much to the surprise of Bayern.

Sadio Mane picked up an injury when playing for Bayern Munich

However, he has travelled with the team and will be hoping that he can make an impact in Qatar, but the injury will see him miss the opening matches.

Senegal’s board member Abdoulaye Sow revealed the extent of the injury, stating:”;We will have to rely on playing the first games without Sadio and win without Sadio because we have 25 players apart from Sadio.

“No one would have wanted it, but that’s what’s happened to us.”;

Therefore, the striker is not fit to play but could return later in the tournament.

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