Sadio Mané leaving Liverpool after £35m Bayern Munich offer accepted

Liverpool have accepted Bayern Munich’s latest offer for Sadio Mané and the forward is due to have a medical before signing a three-year contract. Bayern are paying a guaranteed £28m and the fee could reach £35m with add-ons.

Mané told Liverpool of his desire to leave soon after the Champions League final and made Bayern his preferred destination. Bids from the German champions were turned down before a deal was reached on Friday.

The Senegal international has been at Liverpool since 2016 and decided the time was right for a new experience. He had one year left on his contract.

Liverpool wanted a replacement – as well as a suitable fee – and this week secured Darwin Núñez from Benfica in a deal that could reach £85m. Núñez, who turns 23 next week, is seven years younger than Mané.

Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski is determined to leave and wants to join Barcelona, who are preparing a new bid for the striker. The Pole is also wanted by Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain.

Mané is the second first-team forward to leave Anfield, after Divock Origi, who was a far more peripheral figure and is due to join Milan.