Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 10:32 am• Shane Jebbink • Last update: 11:04

Sadio Mane stands according to Mundo Deportivo in the interest of Barcelona. Los Azulgrana See the 30-year-old Liverpool winger as a good option to strengthen the attack, partly because his contract only lasts one year after this season. Mane would himself be interested in a contract with Barcelona, ​​where he would have a better chance of winning personal prizes.

Mane has been planning a move to Spain for some time, with a preference for Barcelona. At one of the superpowers of Spain, the Senegalese thinks he is more likely to be a candidate to win the Ballon D’Or. In 2019, after winning the Champions League with Liverpool by trumping Barcelona in the semi-finals, Mané finished fourth in the election. He was not among the finalists during the last edition.

Barcelona have been looking for a star striker for next season and have previously been linked with Mohamed Salah, Robert Lewandowski and Erling Braut Haaland. The latter would el sueno azulgrana are Barcelona’s dream, but the Borussia Dortmund striker does not seem financially viable for the Catalans. Salah would also be considered too expensive, while Bayern Munich reportedly do not want to let Lewandowski go.

For that reason, Barcelona would now have ended up with Mane. The number two in LaLiga is not the only club interested in the attacker. Earlier, the German sky known that Bayern Munich are interested in Mane, and have even had an exploratory conversation with him. According to the German newspaper itself, Liverpool does not seem to have sat down with Mane to talk about a contract extension, because the priority would be to sign another star player, Mohamed Salah for longer.

Mane has so far scored 20 goals and 4 assists in 46 official games this season. Liverpool are in the final of the Champions League, in which it will meet Real Madrid on May 28, and in the FA Cup final, in which Chelsea are the opponent on May 14. In the competition, Jürgen Klopp’s team will play three more matches, in which they must make up for three points against leader Manchester City. Mane won the African Cup with Senegal earlier this year by beating Salah’s Egypt in the final. Later this year, Mané will play against the Dutch national team at the World Cup in Qatar.