Your Liverpool morning digest for Monday, May 30.
Sadio Mane replacement targeted as Liverpool braced for Bayern Munich transfer bid
Liverpool will demand more than €30m for Sadio Mane this summer and will only consider selling if a replacement is sourced.
The Senegal star has been heavily linked with a move to Bayern Munich this season as he enters the final 12 months of his Anfield contract.
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Mane hinted earlier this week that he would announce a decision on his long-term plans after the Champions League final with Real Madrid, saying: “I am fully focused on the Saturday game, that is the answer I must give before the final. But come back to me on Saturday and I will give you the answer. It’s special.”
Anfield sources insist Mane has not communicated his desire to leave - but they are braced for contact from Bayern as speculation in Germany intensifies over the 30-year-old.
Toni Kroos storms out of interview after Champions League final
Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos abandoned his post-match interview yesterday evening after helping his side beat Liverpool in the Champions League final.
The German collected his fifth winners' medal in this competition following Los Blancos' triumph, though was not in a party mood when chatting to one reporter after the match.
Asked initially to share his view on if he believed Madrid's victory was ‘not taken for granted’, Kroos snapped back: "What is taken for granted? Winning the Champions League is also not taken for granted. We put up a great fight and we knew that Liverpool are a great team. What does ‘not taken for granted’ mean? We won. Finished."
