Joey D'Urso (@joeydurso): "Senegal’s recent success owes a lot to academies in France and elsewhere in Europe, but there are a lot of homegrown factors too."

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Senegal’s recent success owes a lot to academies in France and elsewhere in Europe, but there are a lot of homegrown factors too.

Lots of Senegal’s top players including Sadio Mané, Ismaïla Sarr and Pape Matar Sarr played in the academy of Generation Foot, a Dakar club. Mané moved to France at 19, not particularly young in the modern game. It was Senegalese coaches and pitches that made him.

Joey D'Urso

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