Liverpool has made contact with Ousmane Dembele in order to find a replacement for Sadio Mane.If Liverpool and Sadio Mane part ways, it's been reported that Jurgen Klopp's side has already made contact with Barcelona's Ousmane Dembele to find a successor.According to a rumor, Liverpool have already lined up a replacement for Sadio Mane if he leaves Anfield this summer.
Following the Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid, the Senegalese international's future has been cast into doubt, with Bayern Munich reportedly planning a bid in the coming window. Mane allegedly informed his Liverpool teammates of his decision to quit the club this summer in the Stade de France dressing room on Saturday evening, according to Diario AS, but the Reds believe Mane has not expressed his wishes to the heirarchy.
Bayern Munich are poised to make a £25 million bid for Mane, but it will take a lot more to pry him away from Liverpool, who have set a £42.5 million price tag on him.Liverpool are willing to sell if their demands are met, with Mane certain to leave as a free agent next summer. They will not, however, let him leave for a low price because the amounts given would not be sufficient to find a suitable substitute. Jurgen Klopp's side believe that retaining the attacker at the club for another year is more valuable.However, it's been said that if Liverpool and Mane part ways, the Reds have already scouted a player to replace the vacuum left by the attacker. Liverpool are reportedly interested in signing Barcelona's Ousmane Dembele on a free transfer, according to Spanish media outlet Sport, as reported by the Daily Mail. According to the article, they have'made contact' with the French international about a possible sale.The winger's contract at the Nou Camp is set to expire in the coming weeks, and he has been linked with moves to Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea, and Manchester United. Barca still has a slight chance of signing Dembele to a new contract, but they are not optimistic that he will sign anything.Christopher Nkunku, who has been linked with a move away from RB Leipzig, is another option to replace Mane. Mark Bosnich, a former Manchester United goalkeeper, has urged Liverpool to make a play for the winger, thereby hijacking United's chase.
"I was going to say that's the $64 million (£51 million) question," the former Australian international told Sky Sports. "But it might actually cost a bit more than that." I was thinking about that today while watching the Champions League, and there's a boy from Leipzig named Nkunku, I believe."For me, he was someone who truly stood out. I know Leipzig was relegated to the Europa League and were knocked out in the semi-finals by Rangers, but he was amazing, and that's what I was thinking about today when I was considering what to do if Mane left, and that's the first thing that came to mind."
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