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Sadio Mane excited about potential Liverpool link-up with €70m-rated Lyon midfielder

The French international is reportedly being eyed as a replacement for Philippe Coutinho.

THE PROSPECT OF Lyon’s Nabil Fekir arriving at Liverpool in the summer is exciting to Sadio Mane who believes the €70million-rated attacking midfielder ‘will do great things’ at Anfield.

Reports emerged in France on Sunday that the Reds have agreed on a five-year deal for the Lyon captain, although it was later quashed by Jurgen Klopp, the French outfit’s President Jean-Michel Aulas, and even the player.

However, Mane — who has been in splendid form alongside Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in the Kops’ attack this season — has offered a welcome gesture to the ‘exciting player’.

Speaking to SFR Sport after Liverpool’s 1-0 loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, the Senegal international said: “Nabil is a really great player.”

“If it is the case, we’ll be really very happy to have him with us. I think he will do great things with us. He’s going to enjoy himself here.

“You always need that kind of player. If we get him, it’s going to be fire.”

Fekir has been in outstanding form for the French side, scoring 22 goals with an additional eight assists across all competitions this season.

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    Mute Chocolatito
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    Oct 8th 2016, 7:58 PM

    Only beating Malta by two goals is embarrassing

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    Mute Michael J
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    Oct 8th 2016, 8:58 PM

    I’m glad Southgate got the job. He’s a useless pr*** and the best thing you can say about him is he is Allardyce’s sloppy seconds. A sad comment on the quality of English managers.

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    Oct 8th 2016, 9:35 PM

    He is only caretaker manager as there wasn’t enough time to find a long term replacement before these games. Calm down.

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    Oct 8th 2016, 9:40 PM

    @Chocolatito: It’s not embarrassing at all. Malta rarely get hammered by teams, in the last year they’ve only lost by one goal in games against Croatia, Italy and Austria. The reason they got hammered by Scotland was because they had a player unfairly sent off and fell apart from there.

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    Mute Michael J
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    Oct 8th 2016, 10:05 PM

    No. It is embarrassing. It’s f***ing embarrassing. Malta’s top player only played today because he got someone else to cover his postman’s round. To be fair. Any team Rooney can get into now has to be shite.

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    Mute Jonah
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    Oct 8th 2016, 8:15 PM

    When was the last time Rooney had a good game? If he played for a smaller club there’s no way he’d be playing for England.

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    Oct 8th 2016, 8:02 PM

    They’re gonna win the WC now again

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    Oct 8th 2016, 7:19 PM

    Had England -2 in an accum tks you sh#t head

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    Oct 8th 2016, 7:34 PM

    Ah Ryano ya may aswell have given me your money

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    Mute ryan o sullivan
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    Oct 8th 2016, 7:35 PM

    Had a big win during the week Al put a lot of it on an accum and the English let me down, typical

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    Mute Alan b
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    Oct 8th 2016, 10:03 PM

    Bookie always wins Ryano

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    Oct 8th 2016, 10:09 PM

    Your right Al, keeps ya interested in the boring games .

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    Oct 8th 2016, 7:41 PM

    Nelson haha

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