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Liverpool took the gloves off as they rejected ‘out of hand’ a second bid for Sadio Mane.

Bayern Munich submitted their follow up attempt to prise the Senegal striker away from Anfield on Monday evening with a formal offer of £23.5m, with additional add-ons of around £6.5m to take the total close to £30m.

But the Reds have dismissed the offer as a ‘joke’, pointing out that some of the bonuses included in the bid would be close to impossible to achieve.

Mane would have to become a triple Ballon d’Or winner and Bayern collect a hat trick of Bundesliga titles, along with European trophies, for the bonus payments to be activated.

And now the Liverpool board, led by new Sporting Director Julian Ward, have told Bayern not to bother returning unless they have an offer that meets their valuation of the star…which exceeds £40m.

Sources close to the club suggest senior officials are bemused by Bayern’s approach, given they want in excess of €50m for their star striker Robert Lewandowski who is three years older than Mane.

The English club are playing hard ball over Mane, who has risen to genuine world class level during his six year spell at Anfield and become one of the mainstays of Jurgen Klopp’s team.

There are other clubs interested,