Mane living the dream of millions of Africans
MARK GLEESON SADIO Mane is the embodiment of the dreams of millions of young Africans, emerging from a small village in Senegal to play at the highest level in Europe and become an international icon. The diminutive attacker defied his family, who did not want him to play soccer, to sneak away from his home village of Bambali to join an academy in the capital Dakar and then catapult his way into club football. He has gone on to help his country to successive World Cup tournaments, win a first Africa Cup of Nations title and, at club level with…