There's no chance of Liverpool losing top scorers Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane to Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona reckons former Reds star Steve McManaman.
The Bootle-born winger was a home-grown hero at Anfield but quit his local team for the Bernabeu back in 1999, becoming one of the early footballers to take advantage of the 'Bosman' ruling after allowing their contracts to expire.
However, the 48-year-old reckons current manager Jurgen Klopp shouldn't be losing much sleep about the prospect of one of his prize assets defecting to La Liga.
McManaman told HorseRacing.net : “Well Real Madrid already have Eden Hazard, they bought Rodrygo last summer and they’ve just invested in Reinier in January, so I’d take rumours like that with a pinch of salt.
“Regardless of how the Champions League turns out this season, the best teams in the world at present are the English teams. Real Madrid and Barcelona are not!
“They both want to start again and bring in a few new players because they’ve both had disappointing seasons this year, so they’re going to start turning their squads over.
“Despite this, I don’t think there’s any chance of either Sadio Mane or Mohamed Salah going to either Real Madrid or Barcelona.”
Egyptian international Salah has scored 20 goals in 40 games for Liverpool this season while Senegalese ace Mane has found the net 18 times in 38 outings.
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