{"id":163,"date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/china.chinaacheru.com\/wp\/2018\/02\/06\/sadio-mane-set-to-sign-for-liverpool-for-30m\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:12:57","slug":"sadio-mane-set-to-sign-for-liverpool-for-30m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/sadio-mane-set-to-sign-for-liverpool-for-30m\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadio Mane set to sign for Liverpool for \u00a330m\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"imgPusher\" style=\"float:left;height:0px\"><\/span><span style=\"width:auto;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;clear:left;margin-top:0px\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/china.chinaacheru.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1933400_orig.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 10px;border-width:1px;padding:3px;max-width:100%\" alt=\"Picture\" class=\"galleryImageBorder wsite-image\" title=\"Sadio Mane set to sign for Liverpool for \u00a330m\u00a0\"><\/a><span style=\"caption-side: bottom;font-size: 90%;margin-top: -10px;margin-bottom: 10px;text-align: center\" class=\"wsite-caption\"><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><font size=\"3\">Southampton\u2019s Sadio Mane is on the brink of becoming Liverpool\u2019s standout summer signing after he was given permission to travel to Merseyside for a medical.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Liverpool agreed a \u00a330million fee with Southampton over the weekend for the Senegal forward and he will now undergo a physical assessment before his representatives negotiate personal terms with chief executive Ian Ayre.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Jurgen Klopp has been determined to add Mane, 24, to his squad and Liverpool have been in discussions with Southampton for much of the past four weeks in order to strike a deal.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Klopp believes Mane has the pace, energy and aggression to give Liverpool\u2019s attack a different dimension and at some point in the coming days, he will be confirmed as the third biggest signing in the club\u2019s history.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>It had been Klopp\u2019s desire to have Mane on board for the start of pre-season &#8211; Liverpool\u2019s non European Championship players report for work on July 2 &#8211; and he could even make his debut in the first pre-season game at Tranmere on July 8.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Mane caught the eye of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp when the striker scored against the Reds last term<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Mario Gotze, the Bayern Munich forward, had been the prime target on Klopp\u2019s summer wish-list but when he indicated he was reluctant to move to the Premier League, Liverpool quickly turned their attentions to Mane.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Once the deal is completed, Southampton will have received \u00a391.5million in transfer fees from Liverpool over the last three summers with Mane following Adam Lallana (\u00a325m), Dejan Lovren (\u00a320m), Nathaniel Clyne (\u00a312.5m) and Rickie Lambert (\u00a34m) from the south coast.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Mane, whom Southampton signed for \u00a311.8million two years ago, made a lasting impression on Klopp when he scored twice and inspired a dramatic 3-2 win over Liverpool at St Mary\u2019s on March 20.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Klopp admires Mane because of his pace and aggression and will expect a lot of him at Liverpool<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The 24-year-old scored 11 goals in the Premier League last season as Ronald Koeman&#8217;s Saints finished 6th<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The 24-year-old will become Liverpool\u2019s fourth signing over the summer after Joel Matip (free from Schalke), Marko Grujic, whose \u00a35m switch from Red Star Belgrade was agreed in January, and goalkeeper Loris Karius from Mainz.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Further additions are expected before the end of the window, with Liverpool having submitted bids for the Udinese midfielder Piotr Zelinski and Leicester left-back Ben Chilwell, while they continue to track Borussia Monchengladbach\u2019s Mahmoud Dahoud.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>Culled from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\">www.dailymail.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<hr style=\"width:100%;clear:both\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southampton\u2019s Sadio Mane is on the brink of becoming Liverpool\u2019s standout summer signing after he was given permission to travel to Merseyside for a medical.\u00a0Liverpool agreed a \u00a330million fee with Southampton over the weekend for the Senegal forward and he will now undergo a physical assessment before his representatives negotiate personal terms with chief executive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"china","author_link":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/author\/china\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Southampton\u2019s Sadio Mane is on the brink of becoming Liverpool\u2019s standout summer signing after he was given permission to travel to Merseyside for a medical.\u00a0Liverpool agreed a \u00a330million fee with Southampton over the weekend for the Senegal forward and he will now undergo a physical assessment before his representatives negotiate personal terms with chief executive&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}