Sadio Mane has made no contract demands to Liverpool and prefers to leave this summer

Sadio Mané has never asked for a new contract in his bid to leave Liverpool this summer, although the club are set to make a major profit on any deal to Bayern Munich negotiated one year before the end of the striker’s existing deal. 

The departure of Mané has been in stark contrast to contract negotiations with Mohamed Salah, whose deal expires next summer, in which offers have been made, and counter-proposals tabled by the player’s representatives. Mané has been clear from the start with Liverpool that he did not want a new deal and preferred a move away from Anfield.

Speaking this week ahead of Senegal’s African Cup of nations qualifier against Benin, Mané intimated that he had been driven by the opinion of Senegalese fans on social media, estimating that “60 to 70 per cent” of them wanted him to leave Liverpool. Nevertheless, Liverpool will expect the player to command a good fee.

Liverpool paid Bayern £19.3 million (€22.5m) for Thiago Alcantara in the summer window two years ago, guaranteed over the four years of the midfielder’s Anfield contract. In addition to that commitment there was £4.7m (€5.5m) in add-ons. That too was for a player who had just one year of his pre-existing contract to run.

Mané’s original fee when he joined Liverpool from Southampton in 2016 was £31 million made in three payments and a further £2.5m in add-ons which the striker easily achieved. Southampton received £375,000 for every 30 starts he made for the club up to 120 starts. 

In addition, there was an extra £250,000 for every season up to four seasons that Mané scored 12 goals in the Premier League and either the Champions League or Europa League. Goals in the two domestic cups did not count towards that total. Mané achieved that