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Real Madrid target Mane plans long-term stay at 'sexy' Liverpool

Sadio Mane is planning a long stay at 'sexy' Liverpool.

The Senegalese forward has been linked with Real Madrid in recent weeks.

Asked by former Reds striker Robbie Fowler revealed he wanted Mane to stay at Liverpool for a long time, Mane told the Mirror: "I hope as well. There's no place like it..

And when quizzed about Liverpool's dramatic Champions League semi-final second leg victory against Barcelona, Mane added: "Yes, incredible. So incredible. I think after these kind of things, you won't go anywhere else, because we are the best club and the best fans, so I think this is something incredible.

"This is what makes Liverpool so special, because since I came here it is like, wow."

Mane continued: "The first time the boss called me, I said: 'Oh!' Because before, I have one brother in Senegal, he was saying even when I was still at Salzburg, 'I want to see you at Liverpool'.

"I still remember, he was always saying: "You don't know about Liverpool, it is a sexy club!' He was telling me all the time, 'in Europe, it is the only club, the sexy club…'

"He used to tell me that, and now, he's telling me, 'I told you, I told you'. And I never believed that I could play for Liverpool, and even now, I can't believe it."

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