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‘Mane felt team-mates didn’t want to pass to him’ – Liverpool star was frustrated at Southampton, says Wanyama

Sadio Mane felt as though his Southampton team-mates did not want to pass to him or see him score goals, Victor Wanyama has revealed.

The Senegal international forward joined the Saints in the summer of 2014 and found the target on 25 occasions across 75 appearances – with that return including the Premier League’s quickest hat-trick.

His efforts on the south coast would earn him a high-profile switch to Liverpool in 2016, with Mane’s game having been taken to even greater heights at Anfield.

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It could, however, have been that his return at Southampton was more impressive than it eventually turned out to be, with the 28-year-old accusing club colleagues of snubbing him.