It is urgent to protect young Senegalese talents from false dreams and the traps of certain networks. This is what a Senegalese international Pape Matar Sarr said on Monday. He reacted to the death of the young guard Cheikh Touré killed in Ghana.. “Deeply saddened by the tragic disappearance of the young Cheikh Touré, a hope of Senegalese football. Parti beaucoup trop tôt, dans des circonstances qui rappellent à tous combien il est urgent de protéger nos jeunes talents face aux faux rêves et aux pièges de certains réseaux”, writes the Senegalese footballer Pape Matar Sarr. “We have to protect our young talents from false dreams and from the traps of certain networks”, writes the Senegalese footballer Pape Matar Sarr. He also expressed his condolences to the families of Cheikh Touré and his loved ones. For the record, the Ministry of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and External Affairs announced on Saturday, 18 October 2025, the death in Ghana of the young Senegalese footballer Cheikh Touré. The tragedy occurred the previous day, Friday 17 October, in Kumasi, in the Ashanti region, about 250 kilometres from Accra. According to the first information transmitted by the consular services, Cheikh Touré would have been the victim of a network of fraud and extortion of funds.
Mort de Cheikh Touré: the cry of the heart of Pape Matar Sarr to save the talents of Senegal
