Sadio Mane-Ronald Koeman: Southampton reunion took place in Barcelona

DBasia.news – Liverpool striker, Sadio Mane is said to be open to the possibility of moving to Barcelona. If that happens, then he will be reunited with his former coach, Ronald Koeman.

Barcelona is now in an uncertain situation. Lionel Messi hqd asked the club to let him go after a huge disappointment with the results in the 2019/2020 season.

However, the situation is unclear. It is difficult to see Lionel Messi moving as his contract clause reaches 700 million euros. Meanwhile, Messi wants to move on a free transfer and several clubs are interested.

Although they have no desire to let Lionel Messi go, Barcelona are also preparing to lose. The Catalan club is reportedly starting to target a number of names to strengthen their attack line.

Quoted from Sport, one of the players included in the prospective replacement for Lionel Messi is Sadio Mane. The player from Senegal has shown a good performance with Liverpool in the last three seasons.

Sadio Mane, although playing on a different side to Lionel Messi, is considered suitable for Barcelona. Sadio Mane has a hard-working character and a passionate spirit on and off the pitch.

Sadio Mane has achieved a lot at Liverpool, from winning the Champions League to the Premier League. He is quite satisfied with this achievement and hopes to look for new challenges at other clubs.

Sadio Mane’s relationship with Jurgen Klopp is also believed to not be ‘too strong’ like it was the previous year. Moreover, in the 2019/2020 season, he was said to have an unharmonious relationship with the Liverpool squad.

Ronald Koeman is certainly no stranger to Sadio Mane. The two of them already know each other. As they had worked together when they were still defending Southampton.

Ronald Koeman became manager of The Saints from 2014 to 2016. It was to this man that Sadio Mane came. He was purchased in September 2014 for 15 million euros from FC Salzburg. Sadio Mane, like Koeman, also played for only two seasons at Southampton. After scoring 21 goals in the Premier League for Soton, he chose to move to Liverpool for a transfer of 40 million euros.