Sadio Mane Told He Will Ruin The Best Two Years Of His Career Playing In The Bundesliga

Former Liverpool and Wales striker Dean Saunders is unsure about Mane’s move to Bayern, and doesn’t see a move to the Bundesliga as a challenge.

He told talkSPORT: “Nothing against the club, it’s a great club, but the league is nowhere near a challenge for Mane. He’ll get goals. They win 5-0 every week, only one team can win the league.” 

“It’s not a challenge. He will get in his armchair, light a cigar up, he’ll play for Bayern in third gear and he’ll coast for two years and ruin the best two years of his life as a footballer.” 

He added: “At the end of his career, if he said to you ‘come and look at my trophy cabinet’, the German league winners medal will be right at the back.” 

Saunders remains baffled that Mane wants to leave a Liverpool side at the top of their game. 

He said: “He’s 30, I think of all his time at the club, the last six months he’s played the best football, he’s been unstoppable at times.”

“He went up the middle when Diaz signed and he started getting better and better at finding the pockets and linking the play up.” 

“I can’t get my head round why you’d want to leave Liverpool right now, when you’re playing the best football of your life in the best combination front-three he’ll ever play in, to go and play for Bayern Munich.”