The new Barcelona coach plans to compensate for the departure of Messi with his former player and Salah colleague at Liverpool
The Spanish newspaper "Mundo Deportivo", close to Barcelona, revealed that the new Dutch coach, Ronald Koeman, is planning to restore the services of his former player, and fellow Egyptian star Mohamed Salah in the English club Liverpool, Senegalese Sadio Mane, as a prominent name to succeed Argentine star Lionel Messi, who sent a message Official to the club management days before confirming his desire to leave this summer.
The newspaper said that contacts had taken place during the past hours between the coach and the club's management, and mediators in order to persuade Sadio Mane to play again under the leadership of his former coach, Coman, when he led in a previous period, Southampton, who played for Mane before moving to Liverpool.
The newspaper says that Messi’s departure would leave a great void in the team’s attack, which could occupy Manet, especially as he is still at an ideal age and has great offensive capabilities, in addition to having not yet renewed his contract with Liverpool, which puts the deal, according to the newspaper, within limits. 120 million euros. She said that this amount the club can secure in the event that Messi is dispensed with, in return for a large sum of more than 200 million euros.
It is noteworthy that Koeman coached Southampton between 2014 and 2016, the same period that Manet played him, before deciding to move to Liverpool in the summer of 2016 for 45 million euros.
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- Lionel Messi,
- Messi,
- Barcelona ,
- Mohamed Salah,
- Sadio Manet