If Sadio Mane no longer has his heart in Liverpool then the Reds and Bayern Munich should find a compromise. There is little to be gained in keeping him.
There was a moment during Liverpool’s end-of-season parade through the city following their Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid when the camera caught Sadio Mané off-guard. Leaning on the front of the top deck of their bus in a Liverpool shirt and hat, with a scarf around his neck, and cradling the EFL Cup, Mané looked pensive, as though he had a lot on his mind. And his mind may well have been on more than just the events of the previous 24 hours.
While the accolades have been showered over Mo Salah, it was Mané whose goals powered Liverpool through most of the second half of the season. Following his triumphant return from the African Cup of Nations with Senegal, he scored 13 goals in 23 games which turned out to be all the more necessary as Salah’s goal output ran a little dry. In a more traditional ‘number nine’ position following the arrival of Luis Diaz during the January transfer window, Mané flourished throughout the second half of the season, defying the predictions of those who saw him on an inevitable downward trajectory after turning 30.
Over the course of this season, Liverpool have been unable to negotiate an extension to his contract. It is believed that Mané expected a pay increase similar to that which Salah had been offered to extend his Liverpool career beyond the end of this season, but this doesn’t seem to have materialised. But now, all concerned are in something of a Mexican stand-off. Mané has a year to run on his contract, and there has been little to indicate that he wants to stay at Liverpool any longer. Bayern Munich are losing Robert Lewandowski and need a replacement.
But none of this means that Mané’s departure from Anfield is quite cut and dried. There seems to be a sticking point over any transfer fee, with Liverpool reportedly believing that the…
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