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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Dan Kilpatrick

Tottenham bench-warmer Pape Matar Sarr hopes Senegal success can kickstart career

There will be a number of familiar faces in the Senegal squad on Sunday, even with Sadio Mane absent, but the African champions have one Premier League player you have probably never seen play, and possibly never heard of.

Pape Matar Sarr has been part of Tottenham’s first-team squad all season, but is yet to play a minute for Antonio Conte’s side, and the 20-year-old’s first competitive start since May could come against England, in place of the suspended Idrissa Gueye.

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