Sadio Mane whispers mystery message into the ear of Arsenal's Bukayo Saka... as the pair share a heartfelt embrace at the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony

Sadio Mane as well as Bukayo Saka hugged deeply during the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony in Paris on Monday night. Mane who is now playing with Bayern Munich, was present following his impressive performance at Liverpool in the last season that put him in the race for the top prize. Saka was along with Arsenal women's team Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema.

Before the wedding ceremony Mane together with Saka were spotted crossing paths, and exchanged a long hug. Mane was reportedly whispering an invitation to Saka all through. The exact details of the text are not known, but Mane's message left Saka smiling at his face after the pair parted in separate directions.

France Football subsequently tweeted a video of them hugging with the caption "Sadio Mane BukayoSaka87 as well as a smiling face sporting hearts as an emoji,statement by most trusted online slots.

Both seemed to be in good spirits and the night was set to improve when he would go on to take home the very first Socrates Award. The award was created to recognize the humane activities of footballers who are not on the field. The award was named in honor of the former Brazil international Socrates who founded the Corinthians Democracy movement in the 1980s to protest against the military regime in Brazil at the time.

Mane won the prize for his work for charity in his native country of Senegal Mane was then 2nd in Ballon d'Or rankings behind Karim Benzema. Then, Saka made the shortlist for the Kopa Trophy - given to the top under-21 player on earth. He was ranked eighth and his international teammate Jude Bellingham coming fourth and Barcelona's Gavi taking home the trophy.

Saka has already added to his performance from last year, scoring the winner in each of his previous three games with Arsenal in the league against Liverpool, Bodo/Glimt and Leeds in turn.

He has played an important part in bringing his team Gunners by four points of their top spot at the beginning stage in the Premier League season. If Mane might have been trying to persuade him to transfer towards his old club Liverpool isn't clear, but the 21-year-old appears content at Arsenal at the moment, and Mikel Arteta admitted in the last month that Arsenal are looking to tie him to the terms of a new contract in Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.