Senegal were stripped of the AFCON title after a mid-game boycott of the final and now face turbulent World Cup start.

Reports in Africa suggested that Thiaw refused to board a plan due to his contractual situation not having been resolved.

Leipzig (dpa) - Laut afrikanischen Medienberichten soll Senegals Cheftrainer Pape Thiaw aufgrund seines ungelösten Vertragsstreits gedroht haben, nicht mit der Mannschaft zur…