SADIO Made has officially joined Bayern Munich from Liverpool in a switch believed to be worth €41m.
The Senegal forward had his medical yesterday and was presented today by the perennial German champions after signing a three-year deal.
“FC Bayern have signed Sadio Mané from Liverpool. The 30-year-old attacker has agreed a contract with the German record champions until 30 June 2025,” the club announced today on their official website.
Mane joined Liverpool from Southampton for around the same €41m six years ago, scoring 120 goals in 269 appearances and helping them to win their first Premier League title in 30 years as well as the UEFA Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup.
“I’m really happy to finally be at FC Bayern in Munich,” Mane told his new club’s official website.
“We spoke a lot and I felt big interest from this great club right from the beginning, so for me there were no doubts. It’s the right time for this challenge.
“I want to achieve a lot with this club, in Europe too. During my time in Salzburg I watched a lot of Bayern games – I really like this club!”
Bayern Munich president Herbert Hainer believes Mane, who has also scored 31 goals in 89 appearances for Senegal and led them to their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations title earlier this year, will win the club and the German top flight new fans.
“Sadio Mané is a global star, who underlines the appeal of FC Bayern and will increase the attractiveness of the Bundesliga as a whole,” Hainer said
“Fans come to the stadiums to see such unique players. It’s great that our board led by Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidžić have managed to sign a player like Sadio Mané for FC Bayern.”
Legendary Germany and Bayern goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who is currently the club’s CEO, added: “We are delighted that we’ve been able to recruit Sadio Mané for FC Bayern. With his outstanding performances and his great successes at the highest international level over many years, there are very few players like him in the world.
“We’re sure that Sadio Mané will delight our fans in the coming years with his spectacular style of play. He’s ambitious and eager to win more titles. This is a very strong package. With players like him at FC Bayern, all the biggest goals are possible.”
Hasan Salihamidžić, a former Bayern player and a FC board member, said the club was ‘proud’ to have Mane in their fold.
He said: “In Sadio Mané a top international star is coming to FC Bayern, who has left his mark on world football. We’re proud to have brought him to Munich.
“Sadio made it clear from the first minute in our talks that he now only wanted to play for FC Bayern. Everyone knows his outstanding technical qualities as well as his incredible mentality. He will contribute a lot and help to lead our team, which has a great structure.
“The fact that he’s joining FC Bayern shows that our club and he have big aims. Sadio Mané fits perfectly with the football that FC Bayern play under Julian Nagelsmann.”
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