"Are you serious about Sadio Mané?" Salihamidzic gives new details about the Bayern transfer
Created: 08/25/2022, 10:18 am
By: Nico Scheck
Sport director of FC Bayern: Hasan Salihamidzic has now revealed how the transfer from Sadio Mané went.
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It was the transfer summer of FC Bayern and especially of sports director Hasan Salihamidzic.
Now he reveals how the deal with Sadio Mané went.
Munich – Hasan Salihamidzic has rarely, probably never, heard so much praise as in the last few weeks.
The reason is called Sadio Mané.
At the latest with the transfer of the Senegalese superstar to FC Bayern Munich, the sports director has also silenced his biggest critics.
Mané's first cream appearances in Bayern dress do the rest.
The Munich team transferred almost 32 million euros to Liverpool FC.
And while Liverpool are currently struggling without Mané (two points after three games), Bayern are dismantling the Bundesliga.
But how did the transfer of the freshly crowned African Footballer of the Year come about?
Salihamidzic has now chatted out of the sewing box.
Hasan Salihamidzic reveals how he got Sadio Mané to FC Bayern
According to "Brazzo", as Salihamidzic is also known, it all started in his garden.
He sat with Björn Bezemer and Daniel Delonga from the consulting agency "ROOF".
And then?
"We talked about Serge Gnabry, among other things, because he hadn't extended his contract yet, and then we talked about the market and the players they have - that's when Sadio's name came up.
I noticed that there is a possibility to have a conversation.
And then I thought: Now it's going to be interesting," said Salihamidzic in the podcast "Phrasen Mäher".
When Bezemer then wanted to say goodbye, Salihamidzic took the chance and asked: "Are you really serious about Sadio?" Bezemer's answer: "Yes, I think there is a chance." Then "Brazzo" asked for a meeting , had flown to Liverpool and two days later the time had come.
The meeting with Sadio Mané.
"Then I accelerated": Salihamidzic gives new details about Mané's change
As Salihamidzic went on to say, Mané was immediately convinced.
At that point, we hadn't even talked about the financial side of things.
"Then I accelerated," revealed the Bayern boss.
And: “I visited Björn Bezemer in Mallorca, where he lives.
That was the first time we actually spoke.
We ate something and laid the foundation for the transfer.”
The end is known.
Mané joined the Bayern squad and signed for three years.
The wing racer on the Isar is expected to bring in almost 22 million euros a year.
Supervisory Board Uli Hoeneß ennobled Salihamidzic for the Mané transfer and emphasized at
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: "When Hasan mentioned the transfer to the Supervisory Board, I said: 'If we get it, you can buy it without our permission!'" Even more: " That Hasan managed to do that is a masterpiece." (nc)
