“I knew the competition there was in the French team (…) Senegal always made me dream”

In an interview given to the show At the heart of the gameLamine Sané looked back on a decisive moment in his career. He revealed the details of the approach of Laurent Blanc and Jean-Louis Gasset, then coaches of the France team, to convince him to join the Blues. “ I had started playing a little in the league, Senegal thought of me to play on the right, since I could play both positions. Laurent Blanc and Jean-Louis Gasset left for the French team after Bordeaux, and I was their foal… What they did was that, directly during the following season, they came to see me. I remember, we were playing against Marseille, and Jean-Louis Gasset came to Marseille. He called me and asked me to come down. He said to me: “Well, listen, we know you, we follow you, we would like you to come with us to the French team, etc.” There was also my little brother who was there (Salif, editor’s note), and he told me: “He too, he will go to youth.»

The former Senegalese defender, recently converted into a coach who notably completed an internship with the Lion Cubs U17 during the UFOA tournament won by the latter in Thiès, continues: “I think about it, and I tell myself that Senegal called me just before… Me, Senegal, since 2002, they made me dream… We’re not going to lie, I knew the competition there was in the national team. France… Koscielny was there, Rami… Machines. I told myself that God had given me the chance to be a pro, but you also have to be aware of things. I knew that if I went to the French team, it was going to be very complicated… And as Senegal has always made me dream… Everything was aligned. » He concludes: “ Of course I refused another opportunity, but I made this choice with my heart. »

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