Mané confessed that a conversation with Thiago convinced him to sign for Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich closed the signing of Sadio Mané a few weeks ago, thinking about the 2022-23 season. The Senegalese striker surprisingly left the ranks of Liverpool, where he was a great figure, and revealed that he analyzed different factors before arriving at the German club, for which a talk with Thiago Alcántara was key.

In a recent interview for Sport Bild, the scorer confessed that he spoke with the Spanish soccer player, a former player of the “Bavarians” and that he was still his partner in the English team at that time. The conclusions of that exchange of ideas were favorable for the attacker to choose to go to the Bundesliga.

“Thiago told me that Bayern is a great club and that everyone there is very friendly. In addition, he commented that Munich is a beautiful city”, Sadio reported for the German portal. “Immediately, it gave me good feelings”, added the fast striker, who used these references as support in his decision, to later sign his contract.

Let’s remember that Alcántara was part of the ‘Bavarians’ for seven years and won the same number of German leagues. In addition, the skilled midfielder won the Champions League in the 2019-20 season, just before moving to Liverpool. Now, Mané will try to help the institution to obtain more crowns.

Mané’s new number

After his six-year stay in Liverpool, Sadio Mané seeks to renew himself completely at Bayern Munich and will precisely have a change in the numbering that constantly accompanied him in his career: now he will wear number 17. The number belonged to defender Jérome Boateng, who A year ago he left the club.

Although the Senegalese has been identified with the ’10’ for much of his career, this time he will not be able to use it, since it belongs to Leroy Sané. It is worth mentioning that the striker carried that precious number on his back with Salzburg (Austria), Southampton and Liverpool (since 2018, after taking 19 in his first two campaigns).