It's time for your Liverpool FC morning digest on Saturday, June 18.
'I pretty much had an agreement' - Liverpool pulled the plug on signing free agent after 'difficult' transfer dilemma
Liverpool have become renowned in recent years for seemingly always managing to get the players they truly want in the transfer market, without fault.
Jurgen Klopp has made it an ideal habit of only signing players who are first-choice in their minds to succeed at Anfield. If a player isn’t available, they often don’t sign someone else just for the sake of spending money. It wasn’t always like that.
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Years gone by, there have been times when Liverpool haven’t always been successful when recruiting new players. Whether this be the ones brought in not succeeding, or not acquiring those who are high on the priority list.
Rather famously, back in the summer of 2006, Liverpool came close to signing Brazil legend Dani Alves from Sevilla, with the now 39-year-old going to establish himself as one of football’s deadliest attacking full-backs in the years that followed.
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Sadio Mane set to join Bayern Munich after £35m transfer agreed with Liverpool
Liverpool have reached an agreement with Bayern Munich for the sale of Sadio Mane.
The ECHO understands the overall package is worth just over £35m after the clubs agreed a €41m deal for the Senegalese. The Reds will receive a fixed fee of €32m (£27.4m) with a further €9m (£7.7m) in add-ons.
From those add-ons, Liverpool will pocket €6m (£5.1m) based on appearances with the remaining €3m (£2.6m) based on individual and team achievements. The fee eclipses what the Reds paid Southampton for the forward back in 2016, with that deal proving to be worth £31m with a further £2.5m in add-ins. The Saints do not receive any additional money from Mane’s move to Bayern Munich.
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