Sadio Mane: Senegal Star Will Play With Teenager Who Has Been Called Up to National Team

• Sadio Mane will feature as Senegal take on Rwanda in a dead-rubber AFCON qualifier
• The Al-Nassr superstar will have 15-year-old Amara Diouf as his teammate during the encounter
• Diouf was invited to the national team after leading Senegal to the U-17 AFCON title

Al-Nassr forward, Sadio Mane has returned home as Senegal prepare for their forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations fixture against Rwanda.

The former Liverpool striker will feature alongside 15-year-old Amara Diouf, who earned his first-ever call-up to the national team.

Diouf, who turned 15 in June, is the shock inclusion in the squad that will also take on the Desert Foxes of Algeria in an international friendly.

The youngster, who plays for local club Generation Foot, was outstanding as the Lions of Teranga claimed the CAF U-17 title earlier, Daily Star reports.

He captained the side to the tournament and featured in all their matches, completing the full 90 minutes.

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Diouf has now been rewarded with a national team call-up and will join up with the likes of Mane, Nicolas Jackson, Kalidou Koulibaly, and Edouard Mendy.

Senegal have already picked up their ticket to the 2023 AFCON tournament, which starts in Ivory Coast on January 13.

Mane is already on 97 caps for his nation and could hit the 100-game landmark before kick-off of the continental showpiece.

Recall that Mane dumped Bayern Munich this summer to join Cristiano Ronaldo at Al-Nassr, completing a £24million move.

He ended his Bayern Munich nightmare – where he scored just seven Bundesliga goals - and pocketed £650,000 per week in the process.

Mane dons Senegalese wristwatch

Sports Brief earlier reported that Sadio Mane keeps putting his country on the world map with his simple and patriotic lifestyle.

A few days after his multi-million dollar move to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, the highest-paid African player at the moment was spotted rocking a Senegalese-made watch before the game against Al-Shorta in the Arab Club Champions Cup.

The homemade watch, designed by the Gainde collection, had symbols of Senegalese culture encrypted around it.