Many Liverpool fans have given short shrift to a report in The Mirror regarding the future of Sadio Mane at Anfield, with the newspaper claiming that Real Madrid could try to tempt the Reds into selling the Senegal forward for a fee of £130m-£140m (also shared by @AnfieldEdition on Twitter).
Real Madrid have made Sadio Mane their top transfer target this summer.
Zinedine Zidane is a huge admirer of the forward and there is a belief that an offer of around £130-140m could tempt Liverpool to sell. [The Mirror]https://t.co/5HmvtyFR3k
— Anfield Edition (@AnfieldEdition) March 14, 2020
According to The Mirror, the La Liga club’s manager Zinedine Zidane is a “huge admirer” of the 27-year-old, who has scored 18 goals for Liverpool this season and 77 in 161 matches for the Merseysiders since his move from Southampton in 2016. One of those goals came against Real Madrid in the Champions League final two years ago.
This is not the first time that Mane’s name has been linked with a possible move to the Bernabeu. In 2018, France Football reported that the Spanish club were close to completing a deal for the Reds attacker. Last summer, Senegalese FA chief Saee Seck publicly urged the player to join Los Blancos in an interview with Egyptian media outlet Mirror Sports (via The Mirror).
These Liverpool fans on Twitter unsurprisingly dismissed Real Madrid’s renewed interest in the 27-year-old, with one Kopite even willing to part with top scorer Mohamed Salah if it meant keeping Mane at Anfield:
Is this year 4 of these rumours?
— Elliot (@CommodoreMudkip) March 14, 2020
No, keep Mane and sell Salah
— Laks (@repeto) March 14, 2020
Why would he take a step backwards at this point in his career?
— Prime Oliver (@MikeOliverFlick) March 14, 2020
why are they trying to only get his toenail
— Jacob Elkins (@JacobBElkins) March 15, 2020
Not for sale at any price. Especially to a club with 0 class
— Johnny L. ?? (@johnnyboycrack) March 14, 2020
— jake (@jaketay88907204) March 14, 2020
Zidane can sod off.Sadio belongs to us.YNWA
— Yvonne Johnson (@YvonneJ81609806) March 15, 2020
This man can never leave us
— Leon Roberts (@LeonAshtonRobbo) March 14, 2020
Do you think Liverpool should refuse to sell Mane to Real Madrid at any price or would an offer of £130m-140m be too tempting to turn down? Comment below with your views!
