Liverpool have accepted Bayern Munich’s latest offer from Sadio Mané and the striker will have to undergo a medical before signing a three-year deal. Bayern are paying £ 28m guaranteed and the fee could reach £ 35m with add-ons.
Mané told Liverpool he wanted to leave shortly after the Champions League final and made Bayern his favorite destination. The offers of the German champions were rejected before an agreement was reached on Friday.
The Senegalese international has been at Liverpool since 2016 and decided it was the right time for a new experience. He had one year left on his contract.
Liverpool wanted a replacement, in addition to a suitable fee, and this week has assured Darwin Núñez of Benfica in a deal that could reach 85 million pounds. Núñez, who will turn 23 next week, is seven years younger than Mané.
At Bayern, Robert Lewandowski is determined to leave for Barcelona, which is preparing a new candidacy for the striker after personal terms have been agreed. The Pole is also being chased by Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, but Bayern have said they have no intention of allowing him to move.
Mané is the second striker of the first team to leave Anfield, after Divock Origi, who was a much more peripheral figure and who next week in Milan to sign for the Serie A champion. Mané played 32 Premier League games of Liverpool in the 2021-22 season and 11 of their 13 Champions League games. In 269 parties with the club it marked 120 goals and it attended 48.
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Liverpool appreciated the respectful manner in which Mané communicated his desire to go. They had tried to persuade him to extend his contract, but he was clear that he saw his future elsewhere. Attempts to get Mohamed Salah to sign a new deal have also been unsuccessful, but the Egyptian has said he will stay for next season, at the end of which he will become a free agent.
Núñez is the highlight of Liverpool’s summer signings, but two more players join Jürgen Klopp’s squad. The transfer of Fabio Carvahlho from Fulham has been confirmed and a £ 6.5m deal has been agreed with Aberdeen to buy right-back Calvin Ramsay.