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‘Similar to Cristiano Ronaldo’ – Sadio Mane paid ultimate compliment by ex-Liverpool team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold after joining CR7 at Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr

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Senegal international Mane spent six years at Anfield between 2016 and 2022 – <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/goals-guts-glory-story-sadio-mane-liverpool/bltc77e96d7d097bc5e" target="_blank">helping the Reds to Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Club World Cup honours</a>. He hit 120 goals through 269 appearances and formed part of a fearsome three-pronged attack that also included Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Alexander-Arnold got to watch those three in action on a daily basis, as a club colleague on Merseyside, and has paid Mane the ultimate compliment by suggesting that he <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/goat-cristiano-why-ronaldo-lionel-messi-man-utd-team-mate/blt5f71241b734ad018" target="_blank">occupies the same talent bracket as five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo</a>.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Alexander-Arnold was speaking on The Overlap, brought to you by <a href="https://m.skybet.com/football " target="_blank">Sky Bet</a>, and said of an African star that also shone for Southampton while in English football: “Sadio Mane is the one player that I played with that I’ve always thought, I’m thankful that I didn’t have to play against him. He was the perfect attacker, he had everything. As an athlete, he was similar to Cristiano Ronaldo – he had the jump, was fast, could finish both feet, and was a threat at all times.”

WHAT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD SAID ABOUT MANE

Mane is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/message-cristiano-ronaldo-sent-sadio-mane-transfer-bayern-munich-from-liverpool/bltf62ad6b8470b9476" target="_blank">now a team-mate of Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League</a>. He moved to the Middle East in 2023 – after seeing a switch to Bayern Munich from Liverpool last just one season – and has plundered 15 goals alongside CR7 in the current campaign.

WHAT NEXT?

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Sadio Mane is “similar to Cristiano Ronaldo”, says Trent Alexander-Arnold, with the ex-Liverpool star now working alongside CR7 at Al-Nassr.

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