Sadio Mane’s agent reveals that his client made a switch to Liverpool because he had faith on Jürgen Klopp. Liverpool paid a handsome £30m for the Senegalese winger last summer.
Mane was heavily criticised after he missed the decisive penalty against Cameroon in the AFCON who eventually went on to win the title. A few eyebrows were raised when Klopp decided to invest a huge amount of sum on a player like him but the attacker has gone on to prove everyone wrong and has become the highest scorer of the Reds this season with 11 goals so far.
The 24-year-old shrugged his AFCON worries and has scored a brace against Tottenham Hotspur to give his team their first win of 2017. Mane, who is Africa’s most expensive player has made 24 appearances for them this season.
Bjorn Bezemer said, “It was the same when he left Salzburg — we wanted to make the right step in the right club at that moment.
“I knew Jurgen Klopp from Germany and thought that he could be the right coach to take him forward after Southampton. You never know what will happen, so it can be a bit of guesswork.
“We tried to find out about Liverpool before he committed himself to them and it is not only the coach, the whole club is top professional. I think it worked out pretty well.”
