Bayern celebrate Sadio Mane’s African Footballer of the Year award
While Pep Guardiola's side is expected to count on new arrival Erling Haaland, Bayern manager Julian Nagelsmann will be missing Sadio Mane.
While Pep Guardiola's side is expected to count on new arrival Erling Haaland, Bayern manager Julian Nagelsmann will be missing Sadio Mane.
The former Liverpool forward spoke about the Champions League and the Ballon d'Or as targets when presented to the public on Wednesday in the Allianz Arena.
In the third round of negotiations, the German side's sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic received approval from the Reds, who offered 32 million euros plus bonus payments of up to nine million euros.
With the AFCON now complete Mane and Salah will make their way back to Liverpool but Klopp has warned the pair, plus Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota, that competition for places is now red hot.
Sadio Mane, who started and scored in Monday's 3-1 victory over Arsenal, has "displayed minor symptoms" of the virus but feels in good health overall.
Two players Neymar and Paul Pogba were their main targets but both the deals did not work out. Real Madrid are now targeting Sadio Mane instead.
Mane had not kept his emotions in check when he was taken off in Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Burnley before the International break.
Meanwhile, a rift between the striker duo of Mohamed Salah and Mane was reported and the latter could thus look for a way out of the Liverpool squad.
Mane continued his terrific run for Liverpool as he netted home a brace riding on which the Reds bagged the match with a lot of ease in the end.
After a video of two toddlers running to one another and hugging went viral, Salah tweeted it with his and Mane's heads superimposed on the children.
