Sadio Mane Wife: Is He Married? See His Girlfriend And Details About His Love Life

1. Sadio Mane does not have a wife but he is reportedly dating a lady called Melissa Reddy.
2. The Senegalese professional footballer currently plays as a winger for Premier League club Liverpool and also the Senegal national team.
3. In 2020, he was cited as one of the top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine.

The Senegalese professional football player Sadio Mane has been linked to a South African-born football journalist, Melissa Reddy. The journalist works for the online newspaper the independent and also gives reports about the Premier League.

Sadio Mane’s supposed girlfriend has also worked with Sky Sports News and also the BBC’S Premier League Show.

Who Is Sadio Mane Wife?

Despite being loud in his career, Mane has been seemingly silent about his personal life. It has been concluded that he is still not married since he is often seen at public events alone. Therefore, questions about whether Sadio Mane wife exists or not still remain a mystery to be solved by the player alone.

Details About Sadio Mane’s Alleged Girlfriend Melissa Reddy

Melissa Reddy comes from a family of football lovers. She was born on August 24, 1986, in Johannesburg her hometown. She attended the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg where she earned a degree in Media and communications.

The South African Journalist developed an interest in sports from an early age. Her main interest has been football, rugby, cricket, wrestling, and boxing. She has also participated in quite a number of sporting activities such as volleyball, netball, and even football. At a point, she was a football left winger and captain of her team.

She has always been a fan of Liverpool FC even though her parents tried to convince her to support  Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. She revealed she had instant attraction and connection with Liverpool. Her fondest memory of the club goes back to the 1990s FA Cup. During the FA Cup, Robbie Fowler impressed her and so became an ardent follower of the club.

Melissa Reddy has built her career in sports journalism over the years. She started after she moved to cape town after her internship in Summit TV and in 2007, she got a job with TEAMtalk Media. As a writer, she has written for The Athletic and also JOE, a distributed social media publisher owned by Maximum Media.

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As a female journalist, she has held some key positions. She was named Head of Football in TEAMtalk Media company in 2011. She later moved to Africa’s largest sports publications KICK OFF Magazine. She was named the deputy editor of KICK OFF Magazine making her the first female to attain such a position in the company.

In November 2019, Melissa Reddy was also named Senior Football Correspondent at The Independent. Aside from writing and publishing for media houses and websites, she is an author as well. She is the author of the book titled ‘Believe Us: How Jurgen Klopp Transformed Liverpool into Tittle winners‘. The book was released in 2020 and was referenced by the head coach of England’s national rugby union team, Eddie Jones.

 

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Melissa Reddy also hosts a podcast titled Between The Lines With Melissa Reddy. The podcast discusses topics that are brought to her and her guests. Most of the topics include behind-the-scenes information about clubs, players, and their coaches.

Her career has attained a certain level of success but it has not been with setbacks. According to reports, Reddy has suffered racism and sexism in her career as a sports journalist.

Mane’s alleged girlfriend revealed she has been down a couple of times because of her gender and color. To think that being from South Africa where she witnessed the apartheid would have prepared her for this the journalist reportedly struggled and endured until her career became stable.

Has Sadio Mane Dated Anyone In The Past?

The Senegalese have been more focused on his career than his love life. He has not revealed names of the people he has dated before and he has not been linked to anybody by the media except Melissa Reddy.

The 5 feet 9 inches Senegalese forward’s relationship with the Sports journalist has been mere speculations as there is very little proof that the two are dating except for their similar interest in sports. If actually, they are, then they are doing a great job at keeping it private.

Even their social media pages do not have a single photo of the alleged couple. Hopefully, Sadio Mane would soon let the cat out of the bag and we would all know who the love of his life is.

Mane currently resides in Allerton where his home has been reportedly burgled twice in two years.

His Love Life Is On A Low Key But Not His Charity Works

Sadio Mane can choose to hide or keep his personal life private but his good works can not be hidden. Aside from being an offensive and strong-willed winger, he is a philanthropist as well. In 2019, the 32 year-old Liverpool star donated over $3 million to build a school in his hometown in Banbali, Senegal.

Again in 2021, he reportedly donated over $6 million towards the construction of a hospital in Banbali.

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