Your Liverpool morning digest for Tuesday, June 28
Lionel Messi 'wanted' Sadio Mane to quit Liverpool as PSG interest confirmed
Sadio Mane might have called time on his Liverpool career after six seasons this summer, but he could have left Anfield in 2021 had Lionel Messi got his way.
Mane completed his move to Bayern Munich last week in a deal that could be worth up to £35m after deciding to seek pastures new having won every major honour on offer to him with the Reds. However, the Bavarians weren’t the only side interested in the 30-year-old.
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Paris Saint-Germain also held talks with the forward, according to his advisor, Bacary Cisse, who says that the uncertainty over the future of the club's then sporting director Leonardo put paid to any possibility of a switch.
Theo Squires has the full story.
'Idiots like this' - Borussia Dortmund chief hits back at 'arrogant' Sadio Mane Liverpool claims
Borussia Dortmund’s chief executive has criticised a former Liverpool player for their comments about Sadio Mane.
Mane recently completed a £35million move to Bayern Munich for the Reds, ending his six-year stay on Merseyside. Before allowing the Senegal international to depart, Liverpool brought in Darwin Nunez from Benfica.
Despite Liverpool receiving a fee in excess of what they paid Southampton for Mane in 2016, with a year left on his contract, the decision to let him leave Anfield confused Dean Saunders. The former Red said that he did not understand why Mane would have wanted to leave Liverpool, and questioned the standard of the Bundesliga.
Mark Wakefield has the full story.
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