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Daily Mirror
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Nathan Ridley

Sadio Mane helped persuade Liverpool youngster who wowed Jurgen Klopp to seal transfer

Sadio Mane demonstrated his kind character once more this summer - even when he was on his way out of Liverpool.

In June, the beloved froward left Anfield after six seasons to join Bayern Munich. But before departing, he gave Reds youngster Billy Koumetio some much-needed support as he eyed his first loan move. The French centre-back, 20, was keen to make the jump to regular first-team football during the summer transfer window, a goal which he eventually achieved by signing for Austria Vienna.

In a recent interview with the Liverpool Echo, Koumetio revealed how Mane - as well as former Reds teammate Divock Origi - helped him out when weighing up his future. "I spoke to Sadio Mane during the holidays. I told him I would go on loan," the former Lyon academy prospect, who came Merseyside as a 16-year-old from French minnows US Orleans, remarked.

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