Senegal central defender Kara Mbodji has denied reports that he took a swipe at coach Aliou Cisse and his assistants for not playing him at the World Cup.
After managing to shake off an injury which had threatened to rule him out of the tournament, Mbodji was expected to continue as Cisse’s first choice centre back.
But he watched from the bench as Senegal failed to reach the last-16 of the tournament from a group that had Poland, Japan and Colombia.
Mdodji was then quoted to be upset in the local Senegalese press, taking aim at Cisse and technical assistants for denying him a chance.