Real Madrid could reportedly fast-track their longstanding plans to sign Liverpool star winger Sadio Mane ahead of the summer transfer window.
Mane has been one of the most influential names in the Liverpool camp under Jurgen Klopp’s charge but with the Senegesle turning 30 over the course of this campaign, there is uncertainty over his long-term Anfield future.
With Liverpool signing Columbia international Luis Diaz in the January window to shore up their attacking ranks, speculation over Mane staying put on Merseyside beyond the summer continues to be rife.
A report from the Spanish news outlet Fichajes claims that Real Madrid are looking to bring forward the plan to launch a bid for Mane with the La Liga heavyweights on the hunt for alternatives to their top transfer targets in Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe.
It remains to be seen whether the Liverpool boss Klopp would be willing to sanction the departure of his long-serving dangerman who boasts of 108 goals and 44 assists in 247 outings to his name for the Anfield giants.