5 African players to watch out for this World Cup

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#3 Sadio Mane

Sadio Mane
Sadio Mane is Senegal's star attacker

The winger would be eager to make amends in Russia for his penalty miss at the African Nations Cup last year that saw his side crash out of the tournament.

Much like El Hadji Diouf in 2002, Mane is expected to be the star player in Senegal’s attack in Russia. The only difference being, while Diouf’s World Cup heroics prompted Liverpool to sign him, Mane is already a first team regular at the Kop.

The 25 year old has established himself as one of the most exciting wide men, not only in the Premier League but also in the world. Though he has been injury plagued this season, Mane has still been on fire for the Reds whenever he has taken the field, scoring 14 and setting up 8 goals for others in just 29 appearances.

If he brings his best game to the World Cup, there is a possibility that Senegal might actually go way further than people’s expectations from the African nation.

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