Sadio Mané is apparently allowed to leave Bayern after just one year. Munich are said to have given the Senegalese the green light for talks with other clubs. A meeting in Mallorca could now have started a transfer.
According to the sports newspaper “Al Riyadiah”, Mané consultant Björn Bezimer and Ahmed Al Ghambi, CEO of the Saudi first division club Al Nassr, met last Thursday on the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca to explore a change this summer.
FC Bayern have agreed to the meeting, it is also said. With a transfer fee of 30 million euros, the record champions do not want to put any obstacles in the way of their attacker. The exchange between Bezimer and Al Ghambi should be interpreted as the first conversation through which concrete negotiations are now being opened.
If there was an agreement and a move to Al Nassr, Sadio Mané would storm alongside superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese arrived in Saudi Arabia last winter and since then the league has been attacking the transfer market with the help of the multi-billion sovereign wealth fund. Like many top stars from the European leagues, Mané is also said to be lured into the desert with a horrendous annual salary.
Is FC Bayern letting Mané go again?
According to the newspaper’s source, Al Nassr knocked on Bayern Munich’s door back in May to get permission to hold transfer talks with the Senegalese. Meanwhile, it is surprising that Al Nassr is working on Sadio Mané’s signing: The club was recently banned from transfer by FIFA after a dispute over the terms of the transfer from former Leicester striker Ahmed Musa.
According to “Sky”, FC Bayern recently suggested to its attacker that they would like to let him go again after just one year with a market-driven offer. For their part, the people of Munich want to make savings in their salary budget, and Sadio Mané’s transfer, referred to as the king’s transfer, has not paid off at all.
Sadio Mané’s contract with FC Bayern runs until 2025. The record champions paid 32 million euros for the 31-year-old last summer.