Sadio Mané finished the best season of his career in English football last season with 20 goals and nine assists in 44 games for Liverpool.
Mané played on the left side of a very clinical Liverpool front-three that drove the Merseyside club towards the Champions League final where they ultimately fell short against two-time defending champions Real Madrid.
The Senegalese winger has since been linked with a move to Madrid with France Football reporting that Real Madrid have an agreement in principle to bring Mané to the Santiago Bernabeu next season.
Breaking | Real Madrid have an agreement in principle with Liverpool winger Sadio Mané, but Zinedine Zidane's departure has put an eventual deal in doubt, according to France Football. More follows.
— Get French Football News (@GFFN) June 4, 2018
However, the links have since been disputed by Bleacher Report football insider Dean Jones and Daily Mirror northern football correspondent David Maddock who both claim that Mané will likely stay at Anfield next season.
Last I heard Sadio Mane was going to be signing a new deal at Liverpool this summer. To be honest I'm not sure he's ready to be a Madrid player yet either
— Dean Jones (@DeanJonesSoccer) June 4, 2018
One word from @LFC to describe suggestions Sadio Mane is off to Real Madrid. Nonsense. He has three years left on his contract and there is not a single circumstance where he will be allowed to leave.
— David Maddock (@MaddockMirror) June 4, 2018
With regards this story that has popped up about Sadio Mane and Real Madrid, LIverpool have no interest in letting him leave this summer.
— Dominic King (@DominicKing_DM) June 4, 2018
Mané said that he enjoyed playing alongside fellow forwards Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah this season and that Liverpool’s effectiveness last season stemmed from their strength as a collective.
“Like I have always said, I have always been enjoying playing alongside these great players,” the 26-year-old said before last month’s Champions League final.
“They make everything easier for me. I am a lucky boy and we always talk about the front three, but don’t forget it starts from the back. It makes it easier – the power of Liverpool Football Club is the collective. We always do everything together, this is our power.”
