Mane promise 'special' answer to Anfield future after Champions League final

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has promised a "special" answer regarding his future but wants his football to do the talking in the Champions League final first.

On Saturday the Senegal international, already an Africa Cup of Nations, Carabao Cup and FA Cup winner, goes in search of his fourth major trophy this season.

It would cap a remarkable campaign for the 30-year-old but arguably the next 12 months could be just as important as his contract enters its final year.

Like fellow forwards Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino - who turn 30 and 31 in June and October respectively - plus midfielder Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, speculation has started to grow about Mane's future.

He has already been linked with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, who look like losing striker Robert Lewandowski this summer, but ahead of the meeting with Real Madrid in Paris, Mane would not be drawn on his future.

"Honestly I think the answer I can give you now is I feel very good, and I am fully focused on Saturday's game, that is the answer I must give before the final," he said.

"But come back to me on Saturday and I will give you the best answer you want to hear, for sure. It's special. I will give you all you want to hear then.

"I love what I am doing and I sacrifice myself all the time; I am working hard every single day on the pitch and in the gym and I get better and better, that's the most important. I am trying my best to help the team."

His words suggest there could be a positive outcome in the offing but asked what would happen should Real, who as an overseas club can start negotiating from January, come calling, Mane added: "Ha, good question, but what I want to say now is I am fully focused on the Champions League and winning it, which