Rumour Mongering: Sadio Mané Makes Zinedine Zidane’s Transfer Wish List

The Liverpool forward is one of the players the returning Madrid manager is said to want to sign. In the past, before Zinedine Zidane decided to take holiday from Real Madrid and left Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari to deal with the post-Cristiano Ronaldo fallout and Florentino Perez’ impatience, Sadio Mané was a rumoured target.

Today, with Zidane officially back in at Madrid, returning as the struggling giant’s saviour and with more freedom and power over how they rebuild this summer, it’s perhaps no real surprise that Mané’s name has already been mentioned.

Madrid’s season is done. They can’t catch Barcelona, they’re out of the Champions League, and they’re out of the Copa del Rey. Their focus already is on next summer and next season. And so already we have stories about who Z...