Bayern will have to come to terms with the loss of Robert Lewandowski, but they can start getting excited about Sadio Mane.The giant from Munich and the Senegalese from Liverpool have an agreement to start cooperation this summer. Bild claims that an agreement between the two sides has definitely been reached and that all that remains is for Liverpool to make their peace.Mane’s arrival in Munich was announced a month ago, when his agent met with Bayern’s sports director Hasan Salihamidzic in Mallorca. Since then, negotiations have begun, which were successfully concluded yesterday.Bayern offered Mane a salary almost four times higher than the current one in Liverpool – 20 million euros gross per season which is close to 10 million euros net. Mane’s current contract in Liverpool is 100,000 pounds gross per week. That is approximately a little more than 2.5 million euros net per season.For a long time now, Mane has been dissatisfied with his income at Anfield and offers for an extension. He rejected Liverpool’s offers so far and followed what his teammate Mohamed Salah is doing, whose contract also expires at the end of next season.Fri 22:00: (1.37) Ivory Coast (4.60) Zambia (9.50)With Salah asking for 400,000 pounds a week, so did Mane, but Liverpool were not ready to offer him that. Bayern are! And put him in the group with the highest-paid players in the team (Muller, Neuer, Sane…) who earn close to 20 million euros gross per year.Admittedly, Bayern’s offer is for “only” three years, but considering that Mane is 30 years old and that he is offered four times the salary, it was still an offer that could not be rejected.The Senegalese should be a capital reinforcement for the Bavarians and a possible replacement for Serge Gnabry, whose contract also expires in the summer of 2023, and could be sold this summer if he does not agree to a new contract.”I would bring Lukaku and Mane if Lewandowski and Gnabry leave. With such strikers, Bayern should never be afraid. No defender in the world wants to play against Lukaku, and Mane is a flexible player who can be used in several positions. Regardless of the fact that they will not be able to make money on them later, they would be an ideal solution in the next few years,” Bayern’s legend Lothar Matthaus commented and explained the reasons for Mane’s arrival in Munich.Sadio Mané is close to agreeing personal terms with Bayern in a deal worth around $32M, according to @lequipe pic.twitter.com/ktmS8ENxkR— B/R Football (@brfootball) May 27, 2022 Now it remains for Bayern to break Liverpool’s resistance. The Reds are in a situation similar to what Bayern were in two years ago with Thiago Alcantara. The player did not want to continue his cooperation with Bayern, he entered the last year of his contract and the club had to sell him to Liverpool in order to earn at least something. Bayern initially asked for 40 million euros, but Liverpool knew that they have the upper hand and forced the Bavarians to accept the offer of only 22 million euros.Now Liverpool are asking for 50 million euros for Mane, but Bayern are ready to offer a maximum of 30 million. It is evident who has the upper hand now…At Anfield, they are aware that they are losing one of the best players from their ‘champions’ generation, and they have already started looking for a replacement. The Dutch winger Arnaut Danjuma from Villarreal is most often mentioned.”I know that Liverpool are watching me and I am ready to take that next step,” said the Dutchman, who has a buyout clause of 45 million euros.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Another candidate to replace Mane is the excellent Frenchman Martin Terrier from Rennes, who scored 21 goals in 37 matches this season (only one from the penalty spot) and recorded four assists. Like Mane, he is a universal offensive player who can play on the wing, but also as a center forward or a second striker, which fits into Klopp’s formation perfectly.
