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Jamie Redknapp and Dion Dublin have urged Liverpool to do everything to keep Sadio Mane at the club after he was linked with a summer move to Bayern Munich.
Mane — whose form in recent weeks has been outstanding — is entering the final year of his contract like Mohamed Salah but, as yet, no significant discussions have taken place about extending his stay at the club, which began in June 2016 after he signed from Southampton.
Reports in Germany emerged on Monday night claiming that Bayern's sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic met Mane's representatives in Majorca last Friday.
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has been linked with a summer move to Bayern Munich
Jamie Redknapp (left) and Dion Dublin (right) have urged Liverpool to keep him at the club
And while some sources have insisted that Mane's name had not been discussed, with the player's agency also looking after Bayern forward Serge Gnabry, Redknapp and Dublin believe the Reds cannot afford to allow him to leave.
Ahead of Liverpool's Premier League clash with Aston Villa on Tuesday, Redknapp said: 'He [Mane] sets the tempo. He has every single technique you want, I've been so impressed with him.
'There's been talk of Bayern wanting him - you cannot let him go, he's as important as any of them. Luis [Diaz], [Mohamed] Salah, any of them.'
Former Manchester United and Villa striker Dublin agreed, insisting that the winger's output is 'incredible'.
Mane has been part of a prolific strikeforce assembled by boss Jurgen Klopp at Anfield
Dublin added: 'His numbers are incredible, only getting better. Klopp has managed that front four and five amazingly.
'It suits him being up front (rather than left wing). He can put himself in goalscoring positions. Firmino,
