Liverpool management are confident of keeping hold of Sadio Mane.
That's according to Spanish expert Guillem Balague, who was addressing rumours linking him with Real Madrid.
"Let me tell you what I know of that. Basically yes we do know for certain that Zidane wanted Mane to come in the summer," Balague said on his YouTube channel.
“Conversations took place, as in Real Madrid showed interest in him.
“But of course Zidane left and that was that.
“So it was an easy story to recover - and that's what has happened. The story's out there again but the problem is Liverpool have basically no interest whatsoever in getting rid of Mane.
“There is no buyout clause. There is no way to actually get Mane out of Liverpool.
“So with that in mind I would say that story is basically dead."