Sports

Liverpool’s Mane Set To Join Bayern Munich For £42.5m

According to UK-based newspaper, The Athletic, Senegal’s superstar Sadio Mane has agreed a three year contract with Bayern Munich after deciding on quitting Liverpool.

The Reds set Mane’s transfer price at £42.5m albeit Munich were looking at prising him away at £25m with another £8m as add-ons.

PSG and Barcelona were also interested in the African Footballer of the Year but The Athletic scooped that Mane has spoken directly to Bayern manager Julian Nagelsmann.

Liverpool and Bayern Munich began official talks on Monday but are yet to reach a final conclusion on the deal.

Meanwhile Mohamed Salah who also has contractual issues to sort out at Meseryside is keen on joining another English Premier League side next summer if no new deal agreed with the club.

The Egyptian was offered 15% increase on terms but wants deal to make him the world’s sixth-best paid player.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.