Football transfer rumours: Barcelona to turn their attention to Sadio Mané?
Not content with causing Liverpool fans no end of summer torment with their relentless but ultimately unsuccessful pursuit of Philippe Coutinho, Barcelona are ready to put them through the wringer again by courting Sadio Mané in the coming months. Real Madrid and Juventus are also reported to be interested in the speedy Senegalese forward, who is currently sidelined through suspension on the back of that red card he received for accidentally booting Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson in the head. Losing Mané would be a nightmarish scenario for Liverpool, who conspicuously failed to fire on all cylinders when he was away playing in last season’s Africa Cup of Nations. It may have been no coincidence that they could only draw with Burnley over the weekend as he sat out the first game of his three-match ban. Time will tell.
Michael Carrick isn’t getting any younger and with his current deal at Old Trafford set to expire next June, Manchester United are eyeing up potential replacements. United scouts are understood to have killed two birds with one stone last week, running the rule over Atlético Madrid’s Saúl Ñíguez and his Roma counterpart Radja Nainggolan when the sides met in the Champions League last week.
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