August 2 – One other day, one other high-profile footballing export to Saudi Arabia. Sadio Mane has change into the most recent massive identify to stop European soccer for the Saudi Professional League after agreeing to affix Al-Nassr from Bayern Munich and staff up with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Bayern, who’re making an attempt to signal England captain Harry Kane from Tottenham Hotspur, confirmed Mane’s departure on Tuesday with media reviews suggesting the deal was value round $43 million.

The Senegalese striker, as soon as touted as among the many greatest on the earth when with Liverpool, leaves Bayern after a single season by which he struggled for objectives, was dominated out of the World Cup with harm, and was briefly suspended by the membership.

“We need to thank Sadio Mané for the previous season. It actually wasn’t a simple 12 months for him,” stated Bayern chief govt Jan-Christian Dreesen.

“Due to his lengthy (harm) lay-off, he additionally couldn’t have the influence at FC Bayern that all of us and he himself had hoped for. That’s why we got here to the joint determination that he’ll start a brand new chapter in his profession and make a brand new begin at a distinct membership. We want him all the perfect and many success for the challenges forward at Al Nassr.”

Mané, 31, had two years left on his contract with Bayern after becoming a member of final 12 months from Liverpool, the place he gained the Premier League and Champions League.

Moreover Ronaldo, his new Al-Nassr teammates embrace former Manchester United defender Alex Telles, midfielder Marcelo Brozović, who captained runner-up Inter Milan on this 12 months’s Champions League remaining, and the Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina.

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