I fought Watford to release Sarr, says Cisse

Senegal coach, Aliou Cisse, has stated he ‘fought’ English club side, Watford to release Ismaila Sarr to join the team in Cameroon. It will be recalled the Hornets were holding on to the player just as they did with Super Eagles striker, Emmanuel Dennis. The club said Sarr had a knee injury and had to […]

Senegal coach, Aliou Cisse, has stated he ‘fought’ English club side, Watford to release Ismaila Sarr to join the team in Cameroon.

It will be recalled the Hornets were holding on to the player just as they did with Super Eagles striker, Emmanuel Dennis.

The club said Sarr had a knee injury and had to undergo rehabilitation with a knee specialist in Barcelona before attending the competition.

Since then Sarr has shown his national side were right to push for his attendance at AFCON by scoring in his first game back from injury and helping them reach the final of the tournament.

“Ismaila Sarr is here but it was very difficult to have him in the team and it was very difficult talking, it was heated discussions with Watford. Watford and the Senegalese Federation finally found an agreement and we thank them for all the effort and the understanding in the end.

“Sarr is an important player in my team and we saw what he did in the previous game and that is the kind of quality he has. It was very brilliant to see and we will keep on monitoring his health and we will make sure that he is healthy throughout the tournament.

“He wanted to be here with his teammates and he showed so much commitment to be here so he is really happy,” he said.