Mane, Lewandowski, Muller, Nkunku: Who is the best player in the Bundesliga?

Sadio Mane was today officially announced as a Bayern Munich player.

It’s a huge coup from the Bavarian giants, bringing a top-tier Liverpool and Premier League star to the Bundesliga.

After all, he’s arguably been Liverpool’s best player since the African Cup of Nations and would even be considered as an outsider for the Ballon d’Or.

Albeit a massive outsider now Karim Benzema has led Real Madrid to domestic and European glory, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Senegalese star seize second or third spot.

Whether Robert Lewandowski leaves this summer or not, the powers that be at Bayern are expecting Mane to play a talismanic role in their team for years to come and there’ll be pressure on him to hit the ground running.

That’s just the weight of expectation that comes with being one of the Premier League’s era-defining stars.

But is that pressure justified? And how does Mane compare to the Bundesliga’s slickest operators?

That’s exactly what we’ve set out to establish below.

12. Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)

It’s impossible to truly judge this but Davies seems to be one of, if not, the fastest footballer in the world.

He’s a regular at left-back for Bayern and has built a reputation for himself as one of the finest in his position at just 21-years-old.

Davies has also scored an impressive 10 goals in 30 appearances for the Canadian national team when being used higher up the pitch.

11. Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)

The young German star who recently turned 19-years-old had been tearing up the Bundesliga until an ACL injury in early February.

Despite his misfortune, he still registered an impressive seven goals and 10 assists from attacking-midfield in the league and looked like he’d been playmaking