Senegal has confirmed the return of goalkeeper Edouard Mendy ahead of their third Africa Cup of Nations fixture against Malawi in Bafoussam on Tuesday.

The 29-year-old custodian missed the first two Group B matches for the Lions of Teranga after testing positive for Covid-19

Mendy tested positive prior to the Lions of Teranga’s opener against Zimbabwe which they won 1-0 and then missed the second match against Guinea, which ended in a 0-0 draw.

However, despite announcing Mendy's return on their social media pages, Senegal could not divulge whether he will be involved against the Flames.

“Edou is back”, Senegal wrote with a thumbs-up emoji accompanying the post which also had Mendy's pictures training with the rest of the squad.