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I don't usually watch these hour long sit downs with ex players/managers going down memory lane and all that stuff, but I did between Rio and Sadio. A lot of things were said that took me by surprise that I didn't have a clue happened until the last few days.
Never knew Klopp was desperate to have him at Dortmund
Never knew a week before Klopp called him in 2016, he had a meeting with LVG and could've joined Utd. Thankfully LVG's army at the time was filled to the brim with ego's that didn't match the talent, so Sadio said no thank you.
Never knew he visited Spurs' training ground and facilities and practically verbally agreed to join them.
I guess it makes you think how quickly things can change during the transfer window.
Sadio, much love to you my man.
Never knew Klopp was desperate to have him at Dortmund
Never knew a week before Klopp called him in 2016, he had a meeting with LVG and could've joined Utd. Thankfully LVG's army at the time was filled to the brim with ego's that didn't match the talent, so Sadio said no thank you.
Never knew he visited Spurs' training ground and facilities and practically verbally agreed to join them.
I guess it makes you think how quickly things can change during the transfer window.
Sadio, much love to you my man.
That really wasn’t what he was saying. He said Bobby to him was special. A guy you invite around his house etc. Mo was scoring more, goals wise even more so than him so he tried to help him get more goals. So in essense you win hearts with Bobby but titles with Mo, you need both to be the best team and we had that.
I said a while back that my old man, everyone wins, kids can't participate debate when I'm 70 would be Mane Salah or Firmino. I guess we are old at heart. It's just an excuse to talk and it's all of the best attack I've ever seen. The answer of a random person to this question and their justification for it is a totally valid way of getting to know them, but no answer is wrong, and no one should really care too much because there's nothing to be aggrieved about, unless you're modo, evidently.
I wish we had a single player in the front three anywhere near them.
I wish we had a single player in the front three anywhere near them.
Sadio Mane on his relationship with Mo Salah: “Great player. Good player. Great player. Everybody say the same (that there was a rivalry), you know, usually. But it's not… I don't think it's a bad thing. So, I think Mo is also a very nice guy. He's a nice guy. I think though, inside the pitch, you can see - sometimes he passes me, sometimes he doesn't pass me; sometimes he passes me, sometimes he doesn't pass me. But, you know, only Bobby was there to share the ball. Sometimes like this…“
And I still remember one game when I was really, really angry because he didn't pass me, he should pass me. Burnley. You know before this, I watched that game, and I watched your face. Oh, it was amazing. That's why I was really, really angry after the game. And the next day he came to me. He wants to talk to me, but he doesn’t know when, how to say.“He still thinks I'm angry against him because we didn't see each other, we go home. And the next day he came to me. He said, ‘Can we talk?’ I said, ‘OK, no problem, we go.’ And he said, ‘You think I didn't want to pass you? I didn’t score. Bobby scored. But even when I got the ball, I was not thinking or even seeing you to pass. I just got the ball. I want to shoot. But I have nothing against you. And honestly, if I could pass you and I saw you, I will do.And this, you know… I said, “No, don't worry. It passed, it passed. I was angry because I think you could pass me more with your quality. I think since this day we become even closer. And sometimes it happen, but we just… as a striker, because Mo, usually when you see the ball, you don’t see nobody”
View: https://x.com/MoSalah/status/1172592901446086658
And I still remember one game when I was really, really angry because he didn't pass me, he should pass me. Burnley. You know before this, I watched that game, and I watched your face. Oh, it was amazing. That's why I was really, really angry after the game. And the next day he came to me. He wants to talk to me, but he doesn’t know when, how to say.“He still thinks I'm angry against him because we didn't see each other, we go home. And the next day he came to me. He said, ‘Can we talk?’ I said, ‘OK, no problem, we go.’ And he said, ‘You think I didn't want to pass you? I didn’t score. Bobby scored. But even when I got the ball, I was not thinking or even seeing you to pass. I just got the ball. I want to shoot. But I have nothing against you. And honestly, if I could pass you and I saw you, I will do.And this, you know… I said, “No, don't worry. It passed, it passed. I was angry because I think you could pass me more with your quality. I think since this day we become even closer. And sometimes it happen, but we just… as a striker, because Mo, usually when you see the ball, you don’t see nobody”
View: https://x.com/MoSalah/status/1172592901446086658
You'd think so right, and yet here we are. I'm not certain some of the commenters in this thread watched the full interview, but why would you if you saw a clickbait headline or edited clip that suits your narrative?
Of course he will go down as one of the greats, one of our greats anyway. And whether Mane thinks Bobby was exceptional and Mo was great, ultimately Mo will be seen as the better player and that's not to undermine Bobby's contribution, he knitted the attack, but Mo's career and individual stats are what you would call exceptional.
Mane was my favourite player in that team by some distance, simply brilliant.
I love Sadio, good on him being so cool and honest.
That goal against Bayern away, probably my fav ever in terms of quality and timing.
I've been facing up to the strange fact that I currently prefer hearing the thoughts of Scholes, Neville, Ferdinand, and Keane to the average fellow red.
I spent so much of my youth actively hating those people. No regrets, that was tribal rivalry and they were the absolute worst cunts in the world to me.
But hating isn't free. I spent more emotional energy on hating them than I should have. It's clear that they are just people, and some of them (Scholes especially) are pretty good people.
I'm not sure where I'm going with this... it's just been a thought stirring in my mind over the past year.
It's probably hugely influenced by the fact that this forum is full of really stupid posters and we have lost the magic of actually thinking we were a better fanbase than the rest.
Mane was my favourite player in that team. And he's right, he often defended a lot more than Mo. We were a lopsided team with Salah freed of defensive responsibility half the time. The balance of personalities and qualities were almost perfect. That team deserves to be lauded more than they were, but will never fully get their respect because they won a title during Covid and lost a couple of titles to Man Cheaty by a point (because we lacked the same squad depth).
