Will Real Madrid & Barcelona-linked Mane leave Liverpool in summer transfer window?

Sadio Mane has been on the books at Liverpool since completing a £34 million ($46m) transfer from Southampton in the summer of 2017, with over 240 appearances taken in and 107 goals scored for the Reds.

He has won the Champions League, Premier League and FIFA Club World Cup during his time at Anfield, while also being named in the PFA Team of the Year, landing a Golden Boot and winning the prestigious African Football of the Year prize.

The 29-year-old has been a key part of Jurgen Klopp’s plans throughout a productive spell on Merseyside, with a fearsome partnership forged with fellow forwards Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, but questions of his future in English football are never far away.

Mane signed his last contract renewal with Liverpool back in November 2018, with that deal taking him through to the summer of 2023.

He is now into the final 18 months of that agreement and, like Salah and Firmino, is yet to commit to an extension.

GOAL understands that no formal negotiations have taken place as yet regarding fresh terms, with no offer on the table at this stage.

The same is true for Brazilian frontman Firmino, with much of the attention at present focused on Salah’s future and getting him tied down on a new contract.

It is considered unlikely, although not impossible, that all three members of a superstar attacking trident will put pen to paper at Anfield.

Mane would expect a significant increase in his basic salary if he were to prolong his association with the Reds, but he has expressed no unhappiness – publicly or privately – at his current situation and all avenues remain open.

Talk of interest from afar being shown in Mane is nothing new, with Real Madrid and Barcelona having been sniffing around for some