Sadio Mane wrote:
“I remember the very day I arrived in France to take tests and sign with Metz. I was supposed to train the day I arrived, but the coach told me to stay at home.
I had no credit on my phone card to call my mother and tell her that I had gone to France. The next day, I went with some of my friends who were already in Metz, and I called her and told her I was in France.
She told me she couldn’t believe it. I said, ‘France in Europe’. She replied, ‘What do you mean by Europe? You live in Senegal; you are supposed to be with your uncle’. I then said yes, but now I am in Europe.
She was amazed; it was crazy! She was so surprised that she used to call me every day to ask me if it was true. She didn’t believe me until one day I told her to go and watch TV to see me play. She finally understood that my dream had come true.”TCH
