Liverpool REJECT a second bid worth £30m from Bayern Munich for wantaway star Sadio Mane, with club chiefs believing £6.5m bonus payments are unrealistic… after the German giants saw their initial £25m offer turned down last week
- Bayern Munich have had a second bid to sign Sadio Mane rejected by Liverpool
- A second offer of £30million including add-ons was of no interest to the Reds
- The perennial German champions had an offer of £25m rejected at the weekend
- Mane has made it clear that he wants to leave Jurgen Klopp’s side this summer
Bayern Munich have made a second attempt to sign Sadio Mane but have once again seen their efforts robustly dismissed by Liverpool.
The perennial German champions are determined to sign land Mane, who was such a huge figure for Liverpool last season, and an initial offer of £25m was rejected at the weekend.
Bayern have returned with a new figure which, as Sportsmail previously reported, amounts to £30million including add-ons, but that is of no interest to Liverpool.
Liverpool have rejected a second bid from Bayern Munich worth £30million for Sadio Mane
Bayern manager Julian Nagelsmann is desperate to bring Mane to the Bundesliga this summer
The Senegal star is in contention for the Ballon d’Or and Liverpool want a fair price
It’s thought the requirements for those add-ons to be triggered include Bayern lifting the Champions League and Mane winning the Ballon d’Or in the next three seasons – both of which have been deemed unlikely by Liverpool.
Liverpool want closer to £42.5m for 30-year-old Mane which they will put towards a replacement.
Mane has 12 months left to run on his current deal and has hinted that his future lies elsewhere.
In a press conference last week, the forward let slip that he would leave Anfield to appease fans in his homeland.
Mane dropped a bombshell after the Champions League final by announcing he wanted to quit
‘I respect the fans and team but 60 to 70 per cent of Senegalese want me to leave Liverpool? I’ll do what they want,’ Mane added, before later insisting it was all a bit of humour.
But Sportsmail revealed that Mane has already asked Liverpool team-mate Thiago if he can move into his house in Munich if he joins Bayern this summer,…