Jurgen Klopp held back the information that Philippe Coutinho was leaving Liverpool during a private chat with Sadio Mane. That's according to the Senegalese forward, who spoke to his boss to seek assurances over the amount of game-time he was going to get following Mohamed Salah's arrival.
Salah hit the ground running after completing a £37million move from Roma, with Klopp moving Mane out left to accommodate the Egyptian.
Mane was out of form, and spoke to his boss following an Anfield derby, in which the former Southampton star struggled to impress. "He said he had confidence in me, and that with time I would play to the point of exhaustion," said Mane, as reported by the Liverpool Echo. "Even so, I told him I wanted to play. "Klopp
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