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Between 2014 and 2016, Sadio Mane scored just 25 goals in two seasons for Southampton, while Romelu Lukaku scored 45 goals for Everton across the same period.
By contrast, in the same time frame we’ve seen Lukaku move for combined transfer fees of roughly £241million, win just one trophy, and flop in his two chances at big Premier League clubs.
However, one wonders if he could do with looking at Mane’s departure, happening more or less at the same time, and see that there’s another way of doing things – without egos, without agendas, and with all the rewards and love that brings.
With 120 goals to his name, winners’ medals in the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup, European Super Cup, and Club World Cup, he is undoubtedly one of the most inspired signings of many at Liverpool.
If you asked most fans which of these two players could make the step up from mid-table to become a modern great, almost all of them would pick out the latter as the one destined for stardom.
Fast forward to today, the summer of 2022, and Mane has departed Liverpool as a club legend after six glorious years at Anfield.
His most recent struggle at Chelsea is now genuinely seeing him being talked about as one of the worst Premier League signings ever.
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