Ferdinand Coly has rejected El Hadji Diouf`s call to boycott the national team, saying the plan is ridiculous.
Diouf had threatened that he and his team mates would not play against Lesotho on 8 September if Bruno Metsu was not reinstated as Lions coach, but Coly told BBC Sport Online that Diouf`s idea never got off the ground.
The Senegalese players had a meeting with Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) President Malick Sy and new coach Ablaye Sarr in Paris in which both the boycott and Bruno Metsu`s departure were brought up.
Coly believes Diouf`s idea is a non-starter.
"He is crazy," Coly told BBC Sport Online.
"It is not possible. All the players are ok to go to Lesotho."
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players will be lead by Metsu`s former assistant Sarr, and Coly believes the man who was also Peter Schnittger`s number two when the German was Lions coach could finally get the job on a full time basis.
"All the players wanted Bruno to stay, but he has made a choice and we have to accept he has gone.
"Ablaye is a good coach and I think a Senegalese coach can do it.
"He should be given a chance."
However, Sarr`s spell as Senegal boss is likely to be only a short one: the FSF has already announced it will appoint a European coach.
Whoever is named as full-time boss can now be confident that he will have a full complement of internationals to choose from - whatever Diouf may have to say on the matter.
