{"id":1124041,"date":"2020-01-07T18:19:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T18:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1124041"},"modified":"2020-03-17T09:15:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T09:15:53","slug":"cesc-fabregas-liverpool-sadio-mane-premier-league-best-player","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/cesc-fabregas-liverpool-sadio-mane-premier-league-best-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Cesc Fabregas names Liverpool star Sadio Mane as Premier League’s best player"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool<\/span> forward Sadio Mane is the best player in the Premier League<\/span>, according to former Chelsea<\/span> and Arsenal<\/span> midfielder Cesc Fabregas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Reds<\/span> have stormed clear at the top of the Premier League<\/span> table, currently sitting 13 points ahead of second-placed Leicester City<\/span> after 20 games having played one match fewer.<\/p>\n

It has come after a period of growth under Jurgen Klopp<\/span> which also saw the Reds<\/span> miss out on the title by one point last season and having to console themselves by winning the Champions League for the sixth time.<\/p>\n

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  • Liverpool<\/span> currently sit 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League<\/span> table.<\/li>\n
  • Virgil van Dijk has received a lot of the plaudits for his role in the team.<\/li>\n
  • The Dutchman is favourite to win the Player of the Season<\/span> award.<\/li>\n
  • But Cesc Fabregas believes Van Dijk’s teammate, Sadio Mane, is the best player in the league.<\/li>\n
  • Mane has been directly involved in 17 Premier League<\/span> goals this season, with only Jamie Vardy (20) and Kevin De Bruyne<\/span> (19) contributing more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Over the past two seasons, Mohamed Salah<\/span> received a lot of the plaudits for his part in the side’s attack, scoring 71 goals in 104 games. However, this season, it has been all about Mane.<\/p>\n

    The 27-year-old has been directly involved in more Premier League<\/span> goals than any other Liverpool<\/span> player in 2019\/20, scoring 11 and adding six assists. He is also the only Liverpool<\/span> player to both score and assist at least five goals in the Premier League<\/span> this season and one of seven overall.<\/p>\n

    Across the whole of the league, only Jamie Vardy and Kevin De Bruyne<\/span> have been involved in more goals, both of whom are expected to be mentioned when the end of season awards come around.<\/p>\n

    But, according to Fabregas, Mane stands above the rest.<\/p>\n

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    Taking part in a Q&A session on Twitter, when asked who he thinks is the best player in the Premier League, the former Chelsea<\/span> and Arsenal<\/span> midfielder simply replied<\/a>: “Mane for me.”<\/p>\n

    This isn’t the first time Fabregas has expressed his adoration for Mane, with the World Cup winner previously naming the Liverpool<\/span> man in his top three players in the world.<\/p>\n

    “Man\u00e9 for me is top three players in the world and has been for a while. Top top level,” he wrote<\/a> on Twitter in October while watching Liverpool<\/span> face Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League, a game in which Mane scored.<\/p>\n

    And when his view was contested by a follower, Fabregas added: “Believe me he\u2019s amazing. I\u2019d love to play behind him.”<\/p>\n