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And even then, the former Benfica man has had a mixed time at Anfield.

Not only did they buy poorly, though, Liverpool also lost legendary winger Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich.

Granted, Mane was on decline when he left, with the then 30-year-old not quite himself in the 18 months or so prior to his exit.



But Liverpool were roundly criticised for selling Mane anyway.

In the end, though, things turned out for the best.

Mane went on to flop at Bayern and was on his way to Saudi Arabia just one year later.

But before he left Germany, it turns out that agent Sadio did what he could to convince Ryan Gravenberch that his future lay at Liverpool.

The German record champions signed Mane, Gravenberch, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui, Yann Sommer, Daley Blind and Mathys Tel.

Fast forward two-and-a-half years and not a single one of those players remains at the Allianz Arena.

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That has been all the better for Liverpool.

And following a year of adaptation at Anfield, he is one of the Reds most important players.

According to Gravenberch himself, though, Mane deserves at least a little of the credit in getting him to Merseyside.

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“Sadio is a really nice guy,” Gravenberch told LFCTV on Mane.

So, in my head I was like, ‘I have to go!'”

Gravenberch was speaking to LFCTV as part of the ‘A Day With…’ series, which follows one of the Liverpool squad and visits them at home.

With the Liverpool midfielder sitting to discuss his experience with the Reds so far, he touched on how it feels for him to play at a packed Anfield.

“When you hear You’ll Never Walk Alone, sometimes I sing with them when I’m on the pitch!” says Gravenberch.