In a rather unfamiliar report, Togo head coach Claude Le Roy stated that Liverpool superstar Sadio Mane could play for Manchester United.
Since arriving at Liverpool back in 2016, Sadio Mane has set the Premier League on fire with his mazy dribbles, electric pace and deadly finishing in front of goal. The 26-year-old also helped Liverpool to the Champions League final last season and scored against Real Madrid but it was not enough for Liverpool to beat the La Liga giants.
But his performances for Liverpool are not quite on the same length as when he plays for his national side Senegal. Mane has come under the radar for underperforming with Senegal and not being able to give his best for his country when required. At the FIFA World Cup this summer in Russia, Mane managed just one goal for Senegal and he is yet to score for his nation in the AFCON qualifying campaign.
However, legendary French coach Claude Le Roy has explained that Sadio Mane is good enough to play for any club in the world.
Speaking to Stades (Star Africa), the 70 year old head coach for Togo stated that Sadio is a great player and capable of playing for rivals Manchester United or even European giants Real Madrid, “He’s a great player and he’d have his place at Manchester United, at Barcelona, or at Real Madrid. It would be a really good thing if I could have him with the [Togo national team].
And Le Roy also explained that playing in the Premier League could be different to playing for your national country and he understood the reason as to why Sadio is unable to play as well for Senegal, “Sadio is an excellent player and I tell you that all of Africa watches him play in the Premier League at the weekend as well as the Champions League. However, a club is different from a national team. We often criticize players for not shining so much with the national team, but at the clubs, players know each other. All the time, the players see each other training together, whereas, in the national team, they only see each other periodically.”
Mane is currently out injured for Liverpool with a thumb injury that he suffered under training with the Senegal national team. Hopefully, it’s not too serious and Liverpool can see their number 10 in action again soon enough.
