No changes from Aliou Cisse apart from Lorient right back Formose Mendy returning from injury. Senegal and their opponents will compete in Group B alongside DR Congo, Sudan and Mauritania.
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Injuries rule out the likes of Wilfried Ndidi, Samuel Chukwueze, and Victor Osimhen, with Nathan Tella receiving his first callup to replace the AC Milan winger. The English born winger, now at Leverkusen has never played for England at youth level and repeatedly stated his desire to play for Nigeria, he recently received his Nigerian passport. Nigeria and their two opponents are joined by South Africa, Benin, and Rwanda in Group C.
2 changes from the squad in October with Hassane Kamara and Jeremie Boga replacing the underwhelming Abakar Sylla and Wilfried Zaha. The Seychelles match will provide a final test for the planned venue of the 2023 AFCON final, the Stade Alassane Ouattara d’Ebimpé, in Abidjan. Gabon, Burundi, and Kenya complete Group F of CAF World Cup Qualifying.
Captain Andre 'Dede' Ayew, still without a club, has been recalled as the squad apparently lacks leadership without him. Injuries to Tariq Lamptey, Alexander Djiku, Mohammed Salisu and Thomas Partey allow for the places of Denis Odoi, Kasim Nuhu, Abdul Mumin and Baba Iddrisu. Kamaldeen Sulemana returns from his injury struggles, taking the place of Ransford Yeboah. Joseph Wollacott also returns from injury, replacing Abdul Manaf Nurudeen.
According to several reports by reliable sources in Ghana, the future of Chris Hughton will be decided on Friday. The government which funds the FA is lobbying for him to be maintained, but many of the executives of the federation want him gone. If sacked, George Boateng will take over in an interim capacity.
Andy Diouf, Habib Diarra and Sofiane Diop are all players Aliou Cisse has approached, the first 2 chose France U21 and Diop recently joined the Moroccan setup instead.
Historically the Maghrebi teams have always been more proactive when it comes to recruiting dual nationals as well. However Senegal do have younger players from their victorious U20, U17 and local national team that could make the step up to the seniors in the future, it depends on how they pan out.