Senegalese forward, Sadio Mane has come to say he once turned down Manchester United.
Ahead of Saturday’s UCL final with Spurs takes place today, the ex Southampton player revealed that he was about to sign for United after his last season with the Saints. but he decided to jump at the Liverpool project when the call came in.
He words to the Mirror, “I was really, really close because I even met up with them,”
“So I was coming, I was there and I spoke with the boss who was there before (Louis van Gaal).
“They made an offer, but in the same week, [Jurgen] Klopp called me.
“He said: ‘I think it’s the right club. The right coach for you, and I think it’s better that you go to Liverpool’.
“For me I think it was the right time as well. I said, ‘I am going to Liverpool.”
“At that time, leaving Southampton, I saw many clubs, but I thought Liverpool was the right club for me,”
“I played against Liverpool, I played against City, United, every team and I scored a lot against Liverpool when I was at Southampton, but still I thought this club is my club!
“The boss (Klopp) was at Liverpool and yet I always scored against them. I think he thought: ‘He’s always killing us, so let’s buy him!’ Yeah, just to stop me scoring against Liverpool – so it was good for us both!”
On competing with Salah, his words, “It doesn’t matter if I score or not as long as the team scores.
“Some people want to say it’s a rivalry, but I think that’s what makes football so exciting – a rivalry. But it really doesn’t matter to me. Honest!”
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