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Sadio Mane battles Yaya Toure during Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Manchester City in 2016
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Yaya Toure says he asked Manchester City to sign Sadio Mane from Southampton when he was at the club.<\/p>\n

Senegal forward Mane scored 21 goals in 67 Premier League appearances for Saints from 2014-2016 before\u00a0signing for Liverpool for \u00a334m.<\/p>\n

He went on to become an integral part of Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side which won the 2019 Champions League and the Reds\u2019 first Premier League title in 2019-20.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI always wanted to play with him [Mane],\u201d Toure said.<\/p>\n

Toure spent eight years at City from 2010-2018, winning the club\u2019s first Premier League title and the FA Cup.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Match of the Day Africa: Top 10 about the Premier League\u2019s best African player, the former Ivory Coast midfielder, 40, said: \u201cWhen I was at City, at the time when he was at Southampton, I highly regarded him and I was asking some of my superiors to just sign him. But in the end it just didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that Klopp had the eyes to get him and now look what he did for Liverpool, he was brilliant. I like him, I like him as a player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mane joined Bayern Munich in June 2022 for \u00a335m after scoring 120 goals in 269 games and winning six major honours at Anfield.<\/p>\n

Toure says the Senegal captain is a \u201cbig example\u201d for his work outside of football.<\/p>\n

In March 2020 Mane\u00a0donated \u00a341,000 to his national committee\u00a0fighting against coronavirus. He also\u00a0donated 300 Liverpool shirts\u00a0prior to\u00a0Liverpool\u2019s 2018 Champions League final loss to Real Madrid\u00a0for locals in his hometown of Senegal to wear during the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way he deals with things smoothly and the support he gives back to his people in his country is incredible, with what he\u2019s been involved with,\u201d Toure added.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome days I get mad when I read media about him and a journalist will ask him, \u2018Why don\u2019t you have a Ferrari and things\u2019, and he says, \u2018No, I don\u2019t need it, I prefer to have a normal car than have a Ferrari\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo months later we see him, he\u2019s been doing things back in his home country, he\u2019s a big example.\u201d<\/p>\n

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