Mane lives a life without partying and PlayStation Premier League - Liverpool Started from humble beginnings in Senegal

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane is top of Real Madrid's shopping list this summer as Zinedine Zidane looks to rebuild the squad.

The Senegal international hasn't had it easy on the way to the top and has taken in Metz, Salzburg and Southampton on his way to Anfield.

In Sedhiou, the city in which Mane lived the first years of his life, he had a happy childhood despite his family's lack of money.

In various interviews he's described how he used to play football barefoot on pitches where the goals were made out of stones.

He joined Dakar's Generation Foot academy team but was faced with a lack of support from his doubtful parents.

"My parents didn't understand why I wanted to play football," he said. They encouraged him to leave the club, but he didn't.

Metz came calling at the age of 19 and, after a year in France, he moved to Red Bull Salzburg.

After scoring 45 goals in 87 games for the Austrian side, Mane earned a move to Southampton in the Premier League.

Salzburg was the place where he last set foot in a nightclub when he joined his teammates to celebrate a title.

"I never went to a party on my own," he told El Pais last year. "I never even think about it. If I don't give everything I have to be a good footballing, I'll never achieve anything."

Mane isn't a fan of many footballers' pastime either - the PlayStation.

"I never liked it," he said. "I've never played it. I think it's something that wastes your time. I don't want to lose mine in return for nothing."

Away from the pitch, the Liverpool forward is involved in charity work. He donated 200,000 euros to build an educational centre in Bambali in his native country last year.