Sadio Mane is more important to Liverpool than Philippe Coutinho, says Jamie Carragher

Sadio Mane is more important to Liverpool than Philippe Coutinho, says Jamie Carragher

Sadio Mane is more important to Liverpool than Philippe Coutinho, says Jamie Carragher, who maintains that the Brazilian will not be sold this summer.

The Senegal international scored the winning goal for the Reds on Saturday as they saw off Crystal Palace for their first Premier League win of the season, but Coutinho was left out of the squad due to a back injury.

The winger continues to attract interest from Barcelona, but when quizzed if Mane was more important to the Reds than his Brazilian team-mate, Carragher was inclined to agree.