{"id":1111023,"date":"2019-10-16T14:29:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1111023"},"modified":"2019-10-16T14:29:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:29:39","slug":"liverpool-sadio-mane-backed-for-ballon-dor-psg-captain","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-sadio-mane-backed-for-ballon-dor-psg-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool star Sadio Mane backed for Ballon d&#8217;Or by PSG captain: &#8220;He is almost perfect&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva has tipped Sadio Mane to be among the frontrunners to win the 2019 Ballon d&#8217;Or, labelling the Liverpool winger &#8220;almost perfect&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mane&#8217;s performances were pivotal as Liverpool won the Champions League last season and he has brought that form into the current campaign.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is Mane a Ballon d&#8217;Or contender? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mane is on the long list of nominees for the 2019 Ballon d&#8217;Or.<\/li>\n<li>But Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk are the favourites to win it.<\/li>\n<li>Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Alisson Becker are also in the running.<\/li>\n<li>Mane scored one fewer goal (26) than Salah (27) across all competitions last season.<\/li>\n<li>But he leads the Egyptian by eight goals to six so far this term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7392697\/embed\/v4\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Senegal international&#8217;s teammate Virgil van Dijk is among the favourites to win the Ballon d&#8217;Or this year alongside the usual suspects, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah and Alisson Becker will also provide familiar competition for Mane, but Silva \u2013 who faced Mane during the international break \u2013 believes the 27-year-old has a shot at glory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadio Mane is a world class player,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1191024\/Sadio-Mane-Ballon-d-Or-Lionel-Messi-Virgil-van-Dijk-Liverpool-prize-Thiago-Silva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silva said<\/a>. \u201cHe is almost perfect.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1108162\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/premier-league-clubs-worst-best-result\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1108162\" class=\"wp-image-1108162 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/25112037\/premier-league-clubs-record-win-loss-featured-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Premier League best and worst results by club\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/25112037\/premier-league-clubs-record-win-loss-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/25112037\/premier-league-clubs-record-win-loss-featured-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/25112037\/premier-league-clubs-record-win-loss-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/25112037\/premier-league-clubs-record-win-loss-featured-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/25112037\/premier-league-clubs-record-win-loss-featured-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/25112037\/premier-league-clubs-record-win-loss-featured-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/25112037\/premier-league-clubs-record-win-loss-featured.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1108162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/premier-league-clubs-worst-best-result\">Every current Premier League club\u2019s best and worst result<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe moves very fast, controls the ball well and is very intelligent in his movements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith what he has achieved this year, I think he deserves to be in the discussion for the Ballon d\u2019Or.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mane will look to add to his five league goals when Liverpool face Manchester United at Old Trafford this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would You Rather Daniel James or Gareth Bale? Wales Fans Quizzed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CBnjdO7MU1c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>&#8220;He&#8217;s my favourite player at the club&#8221; \u2013 Carragher<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mane scored 22 goals in the Premier League last season, sharing the Golden Boot with Salah and Arsenal&#8217;s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.<\/p>\n<p>His performances have earned him a big fan in former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, who recently waxed lyrical about Mane when speaking to the club&#8217;s official website.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1111020\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/2019-golden-boy-award-contenders-ranked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1111020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1111020\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/16114543\/2019-golden-boy-ranking-featured.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/16114543\/2019-golden-boy-ranking-featured.png 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/16114543\/2019-golden-boy-ranking-featured-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/16114543\/2019-golden-boy-ranking-featured-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/16114543\/2019-golden-boy-ranking-featured-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/16114543\/2019-golden-boy-ranking-featured-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/16114543\/2019-golden-boy-ranking-featured-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/16114543\/2019-golden-boy-ranking-featured-940x530.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1111020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/2019-golden-boy-award-contenders-ranked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 2019 Golden Boy award contenders ranked<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>He said: &#8220;Even after the first couple of games, I said Mane, probably along with Raheem Sterling, was possibly the best left winger in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I absolutely love him, he&#8217;s my favourite player at the club. He&#8217;s brilliant, he&#8217;s always got a smile on his face, always there, always gets knocked about, gets goals, setting others up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s the one who came in at the very start under Klopp, his first real big signing, and I think ever since then he&#8217;s just been getting better and better. He&#8217;s just a machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva has tipped Sadio Mane to be among the frontrunners to win the 2019 Ballon d&#8217;Or, labelling the Liverpool winger &#8220;almost perfect&#8221;. Mane&#8217;s performances were pivotal as Liverpool won the Champions League last season and he has brought that form into the current campaign. Is Mane a Ballon d&#8217;Or contender? 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