Erling Haaland He is usually one of the most physically fit and powerful players in football. His enemy, added to it 1.94 metres The strength he expresses in all his encounters makes him terrifying. However, a visit to the Manchester City dressing room by a fellow athlete left him young. He took a picture with him Mamadou Ndiayea former NBA promise, is not the tallest basketball player in the world by a few centimetres.
Yes, there is the test in which the Android device (the nickname the attacker got for its “robotic” qualities) remains “small”. This is the photo taken by the Senegalese player 2.28 metres With some Manchester City players inside the dressing room at West Ham Stadium, the stadium where they played the fifth round of the English Premier League (they won 3-1).
The center succeeded in coinciding with that led by Pep Guardiola as a result of a trip he was making to the United Kingdom. After watching the match, which was held at the Olympic Stadium in London, the basketball player went down to the locker room and was able to take pictures with many figures from the recent Champions League champions.
At that moment when Haaland, along with Bernardo Silva (1.73 m) And Ederson (1.88 m) They posed for photos with N’Diaye, with the little detail that the three were little ones before he was almost a toddler The difference is 30 cm Given to them by Mamadou.
After the African athlete posted this moment on social networks, it did not take long for it to go viral. A very strange picture.
Who is Mamadou Ndiaye?
Although Ndiaye’s image appeared on the devices of thousands of users, the Senegalese player is not one of the most famous players in the world of basketball. The best moment of his career was in 2016, when he was 23 years old, and He was submitted to the NBA draftAfter six seasons competing with UC Irvine.
However, although he managed to sign a contract with Golden State Warriors and also with Detroit Pistonsthe Senegalese never had the opportunity to make their debut.
Not having the necessary luck, the player is approximately 230 cm tall He moved to Mexico in 2018 To sign with Fuerza Regia de Monterrey. But since 2022, at the age of 30, he has been wearing the Medora Timberjacks jersey of the Basketball League (TBL), a semi-professional competition.
As a result of the lack of demands that his current team may make of him, Mamadou takes advantage of practicing all the sports he can, such as tennis and boxing. Likewise, in no game has he stood out more than in basketball, where he has the luxury of touching the rim without having to stand on his tiptoes. With a difference of only three centimeters (George Morecan 2.31 meters) he failed to be the tallest player in the history of the NBA.
N’Diaye, explaining the benefits his height gives him. Photo: Instagram Capture.
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