Liverpool's Mane to give 'special' answer after CL final
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[May 27, 2022] (Reuters)
-Liverpool forward Sadio Mane will
reveal his future plans only after Saturday's Champions League final
against Real Madrid, the Senegal international said on Thursday.
Mane, who joined Liverpool in 2016 and has scored more than 120
goals for the Premier League club, was considering leaving Juergen
Klopp's side in search of a new challenge, British media reported.
"This question I will answer after Champions League (final), if I'm
staying or not," Mane, who has one year remaining on his contract,
told Sky Sports.
"What I want to say now is I am fully focused on the Champions
League and winning it, which is far more important for me and the
Liverpool fans.
"That is the answer I must give before the final. But come back to
me on Saturday and I will give you the best answer you want to hear,
for sure. It's special. I will give you all you want to hear then."
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The 30-year-old underlined his full commitment to Liverpool for the
final, which is a rematch of the 2018 title decider won 3-1 by Real
Madrid in Kyiv.
"I will do everything absolutely possible to win the game for
Liverpool," Mane said.
"I think we all forgot about what happened in 2018. For sure Real
Madrid were the better team then and deserved to win the game, but
it is going to be a different game."
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Mane is among the favourites for this season's
Ballon d'Or after leading Senegal to victory in the Africa Cup of
Nations and winning the League Cup and FA Cup titles with Liverpool.
He said he would be delighted to become the first African to win the
prize since Liberia's George Weah in 1995.
Asked whether he thought African players were ignored in the voting
process, Mane said: "It's true, which is sad.
"This cup, the Africa Cup of Nations, is the biggest trophy I have
won in my life. For me it would be even more special to have another
bonus which is the Ballon d'Or, and I would be the happiest player
in the world."
The nominees will be announced on Aug. 12 and the winner declared on
Oct. 17.
(Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk and Dhruv Munjal in
Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond/Peter Rutherford)
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