There is movement in the personnel of Sadio Mané at FC Bayern Munich. The 31-year-old striker from Senegal is still on the trip to Asia with the German record champions. The marketing trip with three friendlies in Tokyo and Singapore could be Mané’s farewell tour in a Bayern jersey after a disappointing debut season in Munich. Mané’s future could lie in Saudi Arabia.
Representatives of the Al-Nassr club, for which Cristiano Ronaldo also plays, and Mané’s consulting agency therefore want to get together to clarify the general conditions of a possible change. “FC Bayern is informed about this,” confirmed President Herbert Hainer on Wednesday during a visit to the governor of Tokyo by a club delegation he led. “But these are initial talks, we have to wait and see,” he added cautiously. According to information from the “Bild” newspaper, representatives of Al-Nassr and the Mané management are to consult on Wednesday.
expectations not met
“The season he played was certainly not satisfactory, neither for him nor for us,” Hainer had previously said in Tokyo about the sales candidate Mané. He came from Liverpool a year ago as the new Bundesliga top star for 32 million euros, but after a good start he was unable to meet expectations due to injury. His highly paid contract runs for two more years.
The Saudi club is said to offer a dream salary. Mané apparently no longer rules out a premature departure from Munich, where he no longer has any great future prospects in sport. “I can’t judge whether there’s an offer that’s so concrete that he says I want to accept it,” Hainer remarked. A sum of 30 million euros is said to be in the room as a transfer fee.
The Bavarians are ready to sell because they see themselves well positioned offensively in Mané’s position. Hainer explained that “with Leroy Sané, Serge Gnabry, Kingsley Coman and whatever their names are” they are very well manned up front. In addition, English striker Harry Kane is to be brought in from Tottenham Hotspur during the current transfer phase.
