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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Josh Williams

Bayern Munich could have Gerard Houllier to thank for shaping Sadio Mane Liverpool transfer path

Sadio Mane has agreed to join Bayern Munich. In the same week Darwin Nunez was announced by Liverpool as his replacement, the Reds negotiated the sale of the Senegalese international to the champions of Germany.

The 30 year-old will go down in history at Anfield. Having arrived as one of the early pillars of Jurgen Klopp's side, he scored a total of 90 goals in the Premier League while sporting the famous red jersey.

Mane will be fondly remembered by Liverpool supporters, but a move to Bayern has been on cards for him since his emergence as a youngster. In fact, an ex- Reds boss advertently put the wheels in motion around a decade ago.

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