Senegal star, Sadio Mane has made a startling confession on how his mother and uncle wanted him to marry a 14-year-old girl.
Mane, who is expected to lead the Senegal’s attack at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, stated this in an interview with Dailymail.
The forward revealed he had refused suggestion from his mum and uncle to marry a 14-year-old girl.
‘No, in fact I wanted to get married but you know that marriage is a bit complicated,’ Mane said in the interview.
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‘I would have liked to get married, but you know that with parents also, that’s another thing, they are complicated.
‘I remember one day, my mum and my uncle wanted me to marry [as it is done in the villages] a 14-year-old girl.
‘[Calling to someone off camera] Idy, it was 14 right? I believe that she will be 15 this year but I had refused.
‘But no worries, if I mind my soul mate, I will get married straight away.’
Recall that Mane was reported to have gotten married to 19-year-old, Aisha Tamba in a ceremony in the state capital of Dakar.
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