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A BAD FIRST MEETING

The confession of Jürgen Klopp: "I made a mistake with Sadio Mané"

Published:11/04/2020 - 09:00h

Updated:11/04/2020 - 09:00h

Jürgen Klopp has participated in a documentary about Sadio Mané, and has revealed that their first meeting was not promising. The coach has confessed that he did not trust the striker and that he was wrong with him

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The crisis of the coronavirus has caused an indefinite stop, but the world of the football continues giving that speak. Between donations and events solidarios, the planning to restart the season 2019-20 and an infinite list of rumours on traspasos, have colado also numerous analysis futbolísticos, that the fans consume with anxiety waiting for that the situation improve and the balloon can go back to film.

It does some days, 'Rakuten TV' premièred the documentary 'Made in Senegal', that narrates the path of Sadio Mané. The one of Sédhiou left his country to turn into professional and mudó to France, before going through Austria and consolidate definitively in England. One of the key figures that appears in this piece is his current trainer, Jürgen Klopp, that reveals that his first meeting with the forward was not promising.

The one of Stuttgart explains that the first news on the African arrived him when it was in Germany, and recognises that then it had not bet it everything by the one who today is one of his men of confidence: "I Remember the first time that knew to Sadio. It was in Dortmund. It was a very young youngster, that was seated there, his cap of baseball was twisted, with his blond line as it has it today".

"It resembled a rapero in his beginnings, and I thought 'do not have time for this'. We did not have a bad team in that moment. It needed to somebody that could accept not being headline from the start, to somebody that could develop", adds, and admits that after leaving the Metz and triumph in the Salzburgo, understood that it had made a mistake with a forward that did even more big in his stage in the Southampton.

"It could say that have a good sense of perception of the people, but was totally mistaken", reflexiona the germano, that remained loved with the command of the attacker in the St Mary's Stadium. When it arrived to Anfield in 2015, did not take in doing with his services, and of his society have been born numerous successes for the Liverpool and also for the crack, confirmed like one of the best of the world in his place.

Mané Does not have thought to leave the Liverpool

Although it does time that the speculations of the market of signings surround to Mané, the tip insists in that it does not pose leave Liverpool. It does several seasons that comments that it is one of the big aims of Zinedine Zidane in the Real Madrid, but he remembers that it is happy with the 'reds' and that is decided to be followed winning titles. To his 28 years, the African already has triumphed, but still has a lot of way for visiting.

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