A Pool And Their Money Are Easily Parted
Will Liverpool launch a big bid for Sadio Mane or does this rumour just like the Manchester United interest of the past year, not have any substance.
Liverpool are supposedly about to come in for Sadio Mane although apparently the £40 million minimum that Saints will demand for his services is more than the £30 million that Liverpool are said to be able to afford and the Merseyside club is well aware that spending £30 million is no guarantee the player will be a success, hence the unsold Benteke shirts in the club shop.
However perhaps there is leeway in that Saints could be interested in several of the Red's squad deemed surplus to requirements by Klopp, Christian Benteke could be a good replacement for Pelle should the Italian go, Jordan Ibe is another who could form part of a makeweight, not to mention that we could tempt Adam Lallana or Dejan Lovren back to the fold, both would be sold for the right price and a swap deal would suit Liverpool freeing up cash to use in other areas.
Liverpool do not have as much financial clout as they would like after Brendan Rodgers wasted so much of their cash over the last two seasons, ironically much of it came to St Mary's and thus directly contributed to our finishing above them for the first time ever back in May.
If Saints did sell Mane that would give them over £50 million to spend after the sale of Wanyama and the compensation for Ronald Koeman, that would allow us to again greatly strengthen the side in key areas, now all we need is a manager to spend it.
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