Football Manager 2022: How will Liverpool cope if Sadio Mane leaves? (Simulation)

The Premier League season may have ended but there remains plenty of intrigue in the transfer window, so we’ve transferred Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich on Football Manager 2022 to see how Liverpool cope without the Senegal international.

Mane is reported to have told the Reds that he is set to leave the club this summer, with reports suggesting that Bayern are interested in signing the Senegal international.

Liverpool, of course, endured a difficult end to the season, finishing second in the Premier League on the final day, and losing to Real Madrid in the Champions League final.

Jurgen Klopp’s side did win the FA Cup and the League Cup but one has to think that the season has been somewhat tinged with disappointment.

There’s a real question as to how Liverpool will cope without Mane, given that he has made up part of a fabled front three previously, alongside Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah.

As a result, we’ve used the Football Manager 2022 editor to transfer Mane to Bayern, and then had a look at exactly how Liverpool got on without him.

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This is a horrible sense of Déjà vu, isn’t it?

Jurgen Klopp’s side were some way off eventual champions Manchester City, though, with this not being anything like the title race that played out in real life this season.

Liverpool ended the season with 84 points, 18 points behind Pep Guardiola’s men.

Liverpool were remarkably inconsistent in comparison to this term, losing six times in the league and drawing six times.

They lost twice to City, while also losing to Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, and Wolves.

The draws came against Crystal Palace, Southampton, Newcastle United, and West Ham, along with two draws against Manchester United.

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