the Bayern attacker came off after just 20 minutes of the game against Werder Bremen, which ended 6-1 in favour of the Bundesliga champions.

Senegal’s World Cup campaign is scheduled to kick off in 13 days against The Netherlands at the Al Thumama Stadium, but they will now be without their talisman.

In a decisive penalty to that sealed their fate as champions, Mane led the Teranga Lions to their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations trophy after defeating then-teammate Mohammed Salah’s side, Egypt, 4-2 on penalties in Cameroon.

As Senegal’s highest goal scorer with 34 goals, the former Liverpool player was also pivotal to his country’s qualification where they also beat Egypt for the second time in the year, and also on penalties.

Mane joins a growing list of high profile players who have picked up injuries ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. Some of the players include Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kante (France), Timo Werner (Germany), Diogo Jota (Portugal), Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands), and Ben Chilwell (England).

Concerns surrounding players’ fitness have been brought to the fore as many leagues around the world are still in play despite some of the players participating at the tournament.

Mane, who started and scored in Monday’s 3-1 victory over Arsenal, displayed minor symptoms of the virus but feels in good health overall, according to Liverpool.

A club statement read “Sadio Mane has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating according to the necessary guidelines. The forward, who started and scored in Monday’s 3-1 victory over Arsenal, has displayed minor symptoms of the virus but feels in good health overall. However, like with Thiago Alcantara, Liverpool Football Club are – and will continue to – follow all protocols relating to COVID-19 and Mane will self-isolate for the required period of time”

Senegal has 27 confirmed cases of the deadly virus, with two recoveries and according to the player’s agent who spoke to BBC, the CAF player of the year made the donations ‘spontaneously’
Mane also took to social media to tell Senegalese people to take the virus ‘extremely seriously’, before giving them tips on how to avoid the disease by applying ‘disinfectant or wash their hands for at least 30 seconds’.

Senegalese officials announced Monday the suspension of flights between the West African country and several countries in Europe (France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and Italy) and in the Northern Africa (Algeria, Tunisia) while Morocco already announced the suspension of flights with Senegal.

For the first time in the history of the awards, Globe Soccer has included three new categories in recognition of the world’s best female footballing talent, namely Best Women’s Player of the Year, Best Club of the Year and Best Referee of the Year.

See the full list of nominees and categories below

AWARDS

Best player (men)

Alisson Becker, Liverpool

Bernardo Silva, Manchester City

Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus

Lionel Messi, Barcelona

Mohammad Salah, Liverpool

Sadio Mane, Liverpool

Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool

Best player (women)

Ada Hegerberg, Lyon

Alex Morgan, Orlando

Amandine Henry, Lyon

Lucy Bronze, Lyon????

Marta Vieira da Silva, Orlando

Megan Rapinoe, Reign???????????

Sari van Veenendaal, Atletico

Best club

Ajax Amsterdam?????????

Liverpool ??

Olympique Lyonnais Feminin

Best coach

Djamel Belmadi???????????

Erik Ten Hag????

Fernando Santos

Jurgen Klopp??

Massimiliano Allegri

Others

Best sporting director

Best agent

Best revelation

Best goalkeeper

Player Career Award x 2

Coach Career Award

Best Referee

Sport Business Award

Kooora — Best Arab Coach Award

Kooora — Best Arab Player Award?

Van Dijk is accompanied on the shortlist by Liverpool team-mates Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane following their Champions League win.

His fellow Netherlands internationals Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt are also nominated after helping their country to the Nations League final.

Full list

Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, Portugal), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona, Netherlands), Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus, Netherlands), Harry Kane (Tottenham, England), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid, Belgium), Sadio Mane (Liverpool, Senegal), Kylian Mbappe (PSG, France), Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands)

Algeria, who won he 32nd edition of the tournament have four players listed in the team while second place Senegal have the highest number of players who made the cut with five named in the team.

The full list :
Goalkeeper: Rais M ’Bolhi (Algeria )

Defenders: Lamine Gassama (Senegal), Yassine Meriah (Tunisia ), Youssouf Sabaly (Senegal), Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal)

Midfielders: Adlene Guediora (Algeria ), Idrissa Gana Gueye (Senegal), Ismael Bennacer (Algeria )

Forwards : Riyad Mahrez (Algeria ), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Odion Ighalo (Nigeria)

Coach : Djamel Belmadi (Algeria )

Four of Jurgen Klopp’s back five have been included, with Alisson, Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson all making the cut. Georginio Wijnaldum and Sadio Mane, whose goals helped Liverpool reach the final, were also selected.

Runners-up Tottenham have Jan Vertonghen, Moussa Sissoko and Lucas Moura in the squad, with just Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling chosen from Premier League winners Manchester City.

Full squad

Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona)

Defenders: Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Andrew Robertson (Liverpool)

Midfielders: Frenkie de Jong (Ajax), Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax), Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Tanguy Ndombele (Lyon)

Forwards: Sadio Mane (Liverpool), David Neres (Ajax), Raheem Sterling (Man City), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Dusan Tadic (Ajax), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Lucas Moura (Tottenham)