FC Bayern Munich has a “table footballAccording to the report, the Senegalese Sadio Mané has announced that he no longer plays a role in the plans for the new season. Despite the current contract, the 31-year-old wants to save the estimated salary of around 20 million euros by 2025 in order to be able to use it elsewhere.
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According to consistent media reports, Mané is being courted by several clubs from Saudi Arabia, who are tempting with lucrative wages and are likely to offer the record champions a satisfactory fee for the attacker, who was dubbed the “king transfer” last year. In terms of sport, the right-footed player, who switched from Liverpool FC to Säbener Straße for EUR 32 million plus bonuses, was unable to meet the expectations placed in him during his first season due to injury.
In 38 competitive appearances, Mané scored twelve goals and prepared six more – but it was not enough for a regular place under either Julian Nagelsmann or his successor Thomas Tuchel. Especially in the second half of the season, he often did not get beyond short assignments. The low point of his debut season in Munich was an incident with Leroy Sané in the course of the Champions League quarter-finals against Manchester City: Mané hit his team-mate in the face and was then sanctioned by the club, even then there were heated discussions in the TM community about the future given to the player.
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Mané’s market value, which once peaked at EUR 150 million, has fallen from EUR 70 million to EUR 25 million over the past year. “If everything goes well, I’ll return to Bayern,” said the 95-time international when asked about his future. In view of the new developments, this seems at least questionable.
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While it was recently said that FC Bayern would only be willing to talk if the sum offered was EUR 30 million or more, this pain threshold should have fallen by now. When it comes to squad planning, the Munich team is focusing on one striker at this point in the transfer phase, the preferred candidate is Tottenham’s Harry Kane, for whom you would have to dig deep into your pocket and were turned down with initial offers at White Hart Lane – FCB would have to pay at least €100m , pay euros so that the people of London give in, they say.
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The future of Mané has also been a topic in the TM community for weeks. The opinion to let the Senegalese go with a corresponding financial compensation is also widespread here. “In the end, Mané didn’t deliver what was expected of him. With the change of coach, the general conditions have changed. Thomas Tuchel doesn’t seem to have him in his plans anymore. In this respect, a farewell would be best for everyone,” writes the user “Westfalian” in the forum and adds: “Mané will probably be praised away to Saudi Arabia, at least publicly. Internally, I assume that Tuchel has already informed all of his players about the games he has discussed with management and that everyone knows what they are up to.”
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User “Franken-Maradona” attests: “The sporting aspect in relation to his salary is more likely to be the problem. To make it short, with these conditions you can and will certainly have other claims towards Mané.” The user “boqueron” criticizes the behavior of FC Bayern:
“Unusual. Previously, Tuchel had made it clear what a huge Mané fan he was and emphasized his outstanding performance in the previous season. It’s not primarily about whether Tuchel can do something with the player or not. It’s about making things easy for yourself here and preferring to ‘push off’ the problem instead of solving it together. We decided on this contract together. It’s okay if you give Mané a realistic assessment in private and explain his chances – and then he can decide whether he wants to take on the challenge or not. But launching such a campaign through the media to increase the pressure on him is a mess.”
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