Mane told his chances of Ballon d’Or glory are being damaged at Liverpool
Liverpool winger Sadio Mane may need to move clubs if he wants to
win the Ballon d’Or because the team “don’t really play to his
strengths”, according to one pundit.
Mane has become one of European football’s deadliest forwards
since moving to Anfield, including his contributions this season
which have included numerous winning goals among his tally of 18.
A stunning 2019 saw him help Liverpool to a club-record haul of 97
Premier League points, their sixth Champions League crown and he
featured in Senegal’s run to the Africa Cup of Nations final.
As such, he was named African Player of the Year and finished
fourth in the running for the Ballon d’Or, behind Cristiano Ronaldo,
Reds teammate Virgil van Dijk and Lionel Messi.
Speaking to ESPN , former Senegal striker Diomansy Kamara claimed
that Mane may only achieve one of football’s crowning
achievements if he looks elsewhere.
“If Mane, one day wants to win the Ballon d’Or, he may have to
leave Liverpool as the club are maybe not the best advocates for
him, despite their outstanding performances,” Kamara said.
“He needs to continue on the road he’s going down, as he wasn’t
too far from finishing on the podium, and even for me he maybe
deserved to win it this year.
“Now he needs to continue to work, and maybe even change clubs,
because we’ve seen that Liverpool don’t really play to Mane’s
strengths and people gave their votes to Virgil van Dijk even though
Mane and to a lesser extent Mohamed Salah were equally in the
running.”
Mane has loosely been linked with a move to Real Madrid and
Barcelona in the upcoming transfer window, by which time he is
likely to have added a Premier League winners’ medal to his
collection.
In other news, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has spoken openly
about the first time he met Mane when the German was Borussia
Dortmund boss.
win the Ballon d’Or because the team “don’t really play to his
strengths”, according to one pundit.
Mane has become one of European football’s deadliest forwards
since moving to Anfield, including his contributions this season
which have included numerous winning goals among his tally of 18.
A stunning 2019 saw him help Liverpool to a club-record haul of 97
Premier League points, their sixth Champions League crown and he
featured in Senegal’s run to the Africa Cup of Nations final.
As such, he was named African Player of the Year and finished
fourth in the running for the Ballon d’Or, behind Cristiano Ronaldo,
Reds teammate Virgil van Dijk and Lionel Messi.
Speaking to ESPN , former Senegal striker Diomansy Kamara claimed
that Mane may only achieve one of football’s crowning
achievements if he looks elsewhere.
“If Mane, one day wants to win the Ballon d’Or, he may have to
leave Liverpool as the club are maybe not the best advocates for
him, despite their outstanding performances,” Kamara said.
“He needs to continue on the road he’s going down, as he wasn’t
too far from finishing on the podium, and even for me he maybe
deserved to win it this year.
“Now he needs to continue to work, and maybe even change clubs,
because we’ve seen that Liverpool don’t really play to Mane’s
strengths and people gave their votes to Virgil van Dijk even though
Mane and to a lesser extent Mohamed Salah were equally in the
running.”
Mane has loosely been linked with a move to Real Madrid and
Barcelona in the upcoming transfer window, by which time he is
likely to have added a Premier League winners’ medal to his
collection.
In other news, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has spoken openly
about the first time he met Mane when the German was Borussia
Dortmund boss.
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