Sadio Mane to join Real Madrid on one condition, Manchester United superstar one step away from joining Barcelona and more: Transfer Roundup, 1 May 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified May 01, 2019 15:02 GMT

Sadio Mane to join Real Madrid on one condition

Despite Sadio Mane enjoying life in Liverpool and being one of the Reds' best players this season, he has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid as Zinedine Zidane eyes a massive squad overhaul in the summer.

With Mane content to kick on at Liverpool, he has now made it clear to Florentino Perez and co. that he will join the club if he will be untouchable when it comes to getting minutes on the field. Mane wants to be one of the stars at the club and wants to be considered as being in the same bracket as Eden Hazard or Paul Pogba.

As such, he does not want Real Madrid to sign Luka Jovic or Neymar and wants to be the main signing up front for the Blancos. Despite all this, Liverpool will demand a mammoth sum for the Senegalese international if at all they decide to sell him in the summer.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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