Senegalese national team striker Sadio Mane (31) left Bayern Munich, Germany, and moved to Saudi Arabia’s Al Nasr, where Cristiano Ronaldo (38, Portugal) plays.
The Alnasr club officially announced on the 2nd (Korea Standard Time) that it had signed Manet until 2027, and Manet wore a number 10 on his back to symbolize the team’s ace.
There was no official announcement from the club, but according to Sky Sports, Al-Nasr paid 24 million pounds (about 39.5 billion won) for Mane’s transfer fee, and Mane is expected to receive 34 million pounds (about 56 billion won) and 650,000 pounds (about 1.07 billion won) a week from Al-Nasr.
According to local media, he will receive a total of 224 billion won over four years.
Mane left Liverpool for Bayern Munich last summer but failed to live up to expectations.
In early November of last year, he was on the operating table due to a fracture of the calf bone, and even after returning through rehabilitation, he could not improve his skills. To make matters worse, in April this year, he was suspended for one game by the team for assaulting his teammate Leroy Sane.
Mane, who became an ugly duckling in the team, eventually sought a transfer and ended up wearing the Al-Nasr uniform, which offered a lot of money.
Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel, who is staying in Singapore through an Asian tour, said, “(Manet’s transfer) was a bit sad. We hugged for a long time. We will continue to maintain a good relationship.”
Meanwhile, following the acquisition of Ronaldo in January of this year, Al Nasr brought in Marcelo Brozovic (former Inter Milan), Seko Popana (former Lens) and Alex Telles (former Manchester United) through the summer transfer market.
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has been accelerating the recruitment of players since acquiring 75 percent each of Al-Hilal, Al-Nasr, Al-Itihad, and Al-Ahli last month. Al-Nasr ranked second after Al-Itihad in the Saudi Pro League in the 2022-23 season.
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