Senegal coach Aliou Cisse has officially named his 2022 FIFA World Cup squad, with a decision finally having been made on Sadio Mane following his injury.
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This year's Africa Cup of Nations champions have confirmed the inclusion of the Bayern Munich winger in their squad for the tournament, despite the recent leg injury he sustained in the Bundesliga that looked set to rule him out for several weeks.
Mane, 30, had to be taken off after 20 minutes in Bayern's midweek 6-1 win over Werder Bremen, leading to serious concerns that he would not be involved in Qatar.
The former Liverpool superstar, however, will be making the trip to the Middle East, as confirmed in Cissie's 26-man selection that also includes Chelsea duo Kalidou Koulibaly and Edouard Mendy.
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Seny Dieng (Queens Park Rangers), Alfred Gomis (Rennes), Edouard Mendy (Chelsea).
Defenders: Fode Ballo-Toure (AC Milan), Pape Abdou Cisse (Olympiakos), Abdou Diallo (RB Leipzig), Ismail Jakobs (Monaco), Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea), Formose Mendy (Amiens), Youssouf Sabaly (Real Betis).
Midfielders: Pathe Ciss (Rayo Vallecano), Krepin Diatta (Monaco), Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton), Pape Gueye (Marseille), Cheikhou Kouyate (Nottingham Forest), Mamadou Loum Ndiaye (Reading), Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City), Moustapha Name (Pafos), Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur).
Forwards: Boulaye Dia (Salernitana), Famara Diedhiou (Alanyaspor), Bamba Dieng (Marseille), Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal), Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich), Iliman Ndiaye (Sheffield United), Ismaila Sarr (Watford).
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