Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted January 2, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 2, 2020 Real Madrid have made contact with the representatives of Liverpool's Senegal striker Sadio Mane, 27. (Le10Sport) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Gold 599 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 14 hours ago, CaaC (John) said: Real Madrid have made contact with the representatives of Liverpool's Senegal striker Sadio Mane, 27. (Le10Sport) This particular report could easily be BS, but I do think Mane will leave this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,186 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hope he stays for a long time. If he goes, he should be commanding a massive fee - he's far more important to us than Coutinho ever was, I'd hope we set an outrageous price tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Batard 2,534 Posted January 2, 2020 Administrator Share Posted January 2, 2020 Yeah, I would tend to agree. If Liverpool win the league, given they won the Champions League last year, there's little else left to stay on and win. He doesn't strike me as the sort of player who'll see out his career at Liverpool. At 28 years old as I believe he would be at the point of sale, £150m would be a sound return on investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted January 2, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 2, 2020 Remember when paying £35mil for him was considered over the top? Absolutely class. Literally everything you want from a forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, Dan said: Remember when paying £35mil for him was considered over the top? Absolutely class. Literally everything you want from a forward. I thought Saints had proper mugged them off, loadsa dosh and they brought Redmond in....how wrong I was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger 1,831 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Real Madrid have an attraction beyond any other club, they could possibly prise him away. I wouldn't bank on it though, the travails of Hazard show all isn't easy over there and Klopp will fight to keep him, he's such an asset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted January 3, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 3, 2020 He won't go in this window but like others have said if Liverpool win the title, I can see him going elsewhere to see what else he can win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMadLad 2,080 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 15 hours ago, Burning Gold said: This particular report could easily be BS, but I do think Mane will leave this summer. Any reason why you think that? I'm not saying your wrong, just wondering what's behind your thinking. I know footballers usually say what's expected to the media but Mane only a month ago said he wanted to finish his career at Liverpool. I'd have said Salah was the most likely to leave out of our front 3 personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Gold 599 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 6 hours ago, LFCMadLad said: Any reason why you think that? I'm not saying your wrong, just wondering what's behind your thinking. I know footballers usually say what's expected to the media but Mane only a month ago said he wanted to finish his career at Liverpool. I'd have said Salah was the most likely to leave out of our front 3 personally. Pretty much what @Batard and others have said. Now just feels like the right time. Plus, I wonder if he feels the need to step out of Salah's shadow. Many consider Mane to be our best player, but the mainstream narrative is very much that Salah's the leading light for Liverpool. I may be reaching a bit here, but Mane's comments, "Hopefully I can stay forever" make it sound to me like he's implying it's out of his hands. Trying to get ahead of the narrative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick 2,276 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I’ll say this. If it’s a choice of Salah or Mane staying, I’m picking Sadio every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry 1,437 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 On 03/01/2020 at 10:30, Batard said: Yeah, I would tend to agree. If Liverpool win the league, given they won the Champions League last year, there's little else left to stay on and win. He doesn't strike me as the sort of player who'll see out his career at Liverpool. At 28 years old as I believe he would be at the point of sale, £150m would be a sound return on investment. Honestly I'd not be happy with anything less than 250m. He's out best player and where Neymar was at when PSG signed him, right up there with Messi. I don't see him leaving because I don't think any club can actually afford to pay the selling clubs valuations of players in that very top tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick 2,276 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I’m not worried anyways. Real will go all out for Mbappe, that’ll cost them at least 200m. And I can’t see them spending another 150/200 it would cost to get Mane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMadLad 2,080 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Burning Gold said: Pretty much what @Batard and others have said. Now just feels like the right time. Plus, I wonder if he feels the need to step out of Salah's shadow. Many consider Mane to be our best player, but the mainstream narrative is very much that Salah's the leading light for Liverpool. I may be reaching a bit here, but Mane's comments, "Hopefully I can stay forever" make it sound to me like he's implying it's out of his hands. Trying to get ahead of the narrative? I do think Klopp will sell one of Mane or Salah to fund a rebuild. Hes said as much. I agree with you though that Salah is the one I'd probably let go. Not sure who could afford either of them though? It would take £150m plus to get either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,186 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I'd rather keep Salah tbh, but I'd prefer not to have to pick between them and keep them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry 1,437 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 4 hours ago, LFCMadLad said: I do think Klopp will sell one of Mane or Salah to fund a rebuild. Hes said as much. I agree with you though that Salah is the one I'd probably let go. Not sure who could afford either of them though? It would take £150m plus to get either. PSG could surely afford it if they lost Mbappe. But would Salah or Mane want to go there. Bottom line there aren't many clubs that would be an upwards or even sideways move from Liverpool the way things are at the moment. And there aren't many clubs that could afford a player that we preferred to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMadLad 2,080 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 42 minutes ago, Harry said: PSG could surely afford it if they lost Mbappe. But would Salah or Mane want to go there ? Living in Paris on double the wages would probably tempt them to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry 1,437 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, LFCMadLad said: Living in Paris on double the wages would probably tempt them to be fair. Yeah but with a 75% income tax bracket and playing in a Mickey mouse league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike 3,009 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 10 hours ago, Burning Gold said: Pretty much what @Batard and others have said. Now just feels like the right time. Plus, I wonder if he feels the need to step out of Salah's shadow. Many consider Mane to be our best player, but the mainstream narrative is very much that Salah's the leading light for Liverpool. I may be reaching a bit here, but Mane's comments, "Hopefully I can stay forever" make it sound to me like he's implying it's out of his hands. Trying to get ahead of the narrative? Mane will win footballer of the year this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,662 Posted January 7, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 7, 2020 I'm surprised people think Mane will leave. He doesn't seem to have stated a massive ambition, but I suppose at 28 it would be his last opportunity to go and play for a team like Real Madrid if he's so minded. PSG would be a terrible shout from his point of view. Agree that Salah is more likely to leave but I find that hard to imagine at this point as well. Obviously I'm not delighted to be proven right but I said when Barcelona first came after Coutinho and were offering absurd money that Liverpool should snatch their hands off because Mane is clearly the better player anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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