Montreal Impact goalkeeper Clement Diop received some good news this week being called up by the Senegalese national team for the first time since late 2017.
But you wonder with the state of the world today if the games will take place. Both are friendly encounters, the first against Morocco in Rabat on 9 October, the second at home in Thies against Mauritania four days later.
It’s difficult to imagine players travelling to the venues mentioned for friendly matches given tightening Covid restrictions across many countries. What’s the point in playing friendlies under the current circumstances and introducing risks that don’t need to be taken?