Liverpool have been warned against letting Sadio Mane leave the club this summer.
The future of the Reds forward continues to be the subject of intense speculation, with Bayern Munich interested in his services. Mane’s contract is set to expire at the end of next season, and is increasingly likely to leave Anfield this summer.
Two bids from Bayern have already been rejected by Liverpool, with the latter believed to be worth £23.5m plus a series of add-ons up to £6.5m, totalling the offer up to £30m. The Reds are holding out for a fee closer to £42.75m, the same as Bayern are asking from Barcelona for Robert Lewandowski.
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With Mane’s future still uncertain, Jurgen Klopp and co have been told by former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan they would be letting the wrong player leave. Jordan thinks that Liverpool would be wiser to sell Roberto Firmino than Mane this summer.
Jordan told Talksport: "I can't get my head round whether this is the player's salary demands, because some people are ruminating that it's the player's salary demands, other people are saying it's because he's reached the end of the line with Liverpool and he wants a different challenge.
"We can't get traction on which one it is but I wouldn't want Mane to go. I wouldn't want to break up that irresistible dynamic they've got up top.
"If they're going to let anyone go, I know Firmino's an integral part of the way Liverpool play at times because he's such a clever creative player, but if I'm going to let one of them go it would probably be Firmino because of the age and to some extent the amount of games he plays.
“You've got the new kid in, Diaz, so with that in mind I really wouldn't want to be losing Mane."
