Senegal forward Sadio Mane joins Bayern Munich from Liverpool

He signed a three-year contract after Bayern agree on a switch reportedly value $42.1m.

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Mane was amongst Liverpool's stand-out performers final season, netting 23 occasions [Pablo Morano/Reuters]

Senegal ahead Sadio Mane has accomplished his transfer to Germany champions Bayern Munich from Liverpool on a three-year contract.

Bayern, who received a record-extending tenth straight league title final season, have reportedly agreed on a switch value about 40 million euros ($42.1m), together with add-ons, for the 30-year-old, who had a 12 months left on his Liverpool contract.

“Sadio Mane is a worldwide star,” Bayern president Herbert Hainer stated on Wednesday.

“He underscores the attractiveness of Bayern and the whole Bundesliga.”

The 30-year-old leaves Anfield after 269 appearances, having scored 120 targets in all competitions, a stellar return that helped the membership to the Champions League title in 2018-2019 and the Premier League crown a season later.

Mane was amongst Liverpool’s stand-out performers final season, netting 23 occasions as Juergen Klopp’s facet secured the home cup double and narrowly missed out on the league title to Manchester Metropolis.

He received six trophies in all after his change from Southampton in June 2016, forming a potent attacking trio with Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.

The ahead turned Bayern’s third signing of the shut season, following the arrivals of Ajax Amsterdam duo Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazrouai.

“I'm very glad to lastly be at Bayern Munich,” Sane stated. “We had a variety of talks and I felt the curiosity of this massive membership from the beginning. That is the best time for this problem. I need to obtain a variety of issues with this membership, additionally internationally.

“My agent advised me that there have been additionally enquiries from different golf equipment, however for me, the sensation was proper from the beginning when Bayern introduced their plan with me,” Mane advised Germany’s top-selling each day newspaper Bild.

Final month, Klopp hailed Mane, his first main singing after taking on, as “world-class” and likened him to a “machine” however the participant, looking forward to a brand new problem, declined a brand new contract.

His arrival means Bayern have a ready-made alternative for wantaway striker Robert Lewandowski, who has been linked to a transfer to Barcelona, and winger Serge Gnabry, who's stalling over signing a contract extension.

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