Messi wants Barcelona to sign €102 million Real Madrid target, Real Madrid launch stunning bid for Cristiano Ronaldo replacement and more: Transfer Roundup, 22 May 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified May 22, 2019 16:47 GMT

Messi has asked the Barcelona top brass to not be complacent

Real Madrid have launched a €140 million bid for Sadio Mane

Real Madrid have been toothless in front of goal in the recently concluded, forgettable season for them. It coincided with the departure of a certain someone called Cristiano Ronaldo and boy have they missed him. The search for his replacement will continue this summer and Sadio Mane has been identified as one of the top candidates.

Los Blancos are desperate to replace Ronaldo's goals and they have launched a €140 million bid for the Senegalese international who is also Premier League's joint top scorer along with teammate Mohamed Salah and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Florentino Perez and co. are hopeful that €140 million will be enough to convince Liverpool to sell Sadio Mane. They also have a backup plan in place. The report claims that Real Madrid are willing to include Marco Asensio in their next offer if the current one gets rejected.

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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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