Sadio Mane officially unveiled by Al Nassr

Al Nassr have unveiled Sadio Mane following completion of his switch from Bayern Munich.

Mane had initially resisted curiosity from the Saudi Pro League, earlier than performing a shock U-turn and agreeing private phrases with Al Nassr in July.

Bayern have been open to promoting Mane, who had a disappointing first season following an enormous cash transfer from Liverpool, as quickly because the 2022/23 membership marketing campaign ended.

At first, it was Al Ettifaq exhibiting curiosity following the appointment of Steven Gerrard as supervisor. But phrases have been shortly agreed as soon as Al Nassr stepped in, with Mane nonetheless reluctant to make the transfer to Saudi Arabia as not too long ago as early July.

In the phrases of Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel, Mane “fell short of expectations” throughout his what is going to now have been his sole season with the membership.

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The Senegal worldwide was usually utilized in an alien central position following the departure of Robert Lewandowski and frustrations finally boiled over to the purpose the place he bodily lashed out at teammate Leory Sane, touchdown a global suspension and membership document high quality.

Mane now hyperlinks up with Cristiano Ronaldo on the Riyadh-based Al Nassr.

Since signing Ronaldo within the winter, the membership have remained busy within the switch market this summer season. Mane is the fourth excessive profile participant to make the change from Europe in current weeks, following within the footsteps of Marcelo Brozovic, Seko Fofana and Alex Telles.

Mane’s fast transfer on from Bayern with out triggering the add-ons in his 2022 switch from Liverpool is ready to disclaim the Premier League facet as a lot as £7.5m in extra earnings.

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