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Sorry - this page has been removed. Senegal and Southampton at odds over Sadio Mané’s Cup of Nations availability
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This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason. Senegal will include Sadio Mané in their final 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations despite his club Southampton saying the injured midfielder will be out for several weeks, their coach Alain Giresse said on Monday.
“Mané is in the list of 23 players, he has a muscle problem at the moment,” Giresse told a news conference at which he was supposed to announce his final squad for the tournament in Equatorial Guinea but deferred naming a definitive list.
For further information, please contact: Mané picked up a calf muscle injury in Southampton’s Premier League win over Arsenal on New Year’s Day.
“It will be four to six weeks [out],” the Southampton manager, Ronald Koeman, said on Sunday. “Senegal maybe will call him up and see the player, but he will not play in the African Cup of Nations.”
Giresse suggested otherwise on Monday when he told reporters Mané would be examined by the national team’s doctors with a view to joining the squad on 11 January, just over a week before Senegal open their Group C campaign against Ghana in Mongomo.
Giresse said that the West Ham United striker Diafra Sakho would also be part of the squad despite a persistent injury.
Senegal will also face Algeria and South Africa in the group stage.